- Chapter 1: United States Geography
- Chapter 2: Exploration and Settlement
- Chapter 3: Creating a New Nation
- Chapter 4: A Growing Nation
- Chapter 5: Causes of the Civil War
- Chapter 6: The Civil War and Reconstruction
- Chapter 7: Changes on the Plains
- Chapter 8: Big Business and Big Cities
- Chapter 9: A New Role for America
- Chapter 10: The 1920s and 1930s
- Chapter 11: A Time of Conflict
- Chapter 12: The 1950s and 1960s
- Chapter 13: Our Nation and the World
- Chapter 14: America Today and Tomorrow