1991 Edition

Chapter: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Chapter 1

• Lesson 1: The American Land
• Lesson 2: European Exploration and Settlement
• Lesson 3: Europeans and Native Peoples
• Lesson 4: Life in the English Colonies

Chapter 2

• Lesson 1: An Emerging American Identity
• Lesson 2: Growing Conflict with England
• Lesson 3: Fighting the American Revolution
• Lesson 4: Fighting the War at Home

Chapter 3

• Lesson 1: Roots of Government
• Lesson 2: The Articles of Confederation
• Lesson 3: The Crisis of Confederation

Chapter 4

• Lesson 1: The Constitutional Convention
• Lesson 2: The Ratification Debate
• Lesson 3: The Bill of Rights

Chapter 5

• Lesson 1: Internal Conflict
• Lesson 2: Jefferson and the Republicans
• Lesson 3: The United States and the World

Chapter 6

• Lesson 1: Republicanism and Culture
• Lesson 2: The First Western President
• Lesson 3: How Others Saw Us

Chapter 7

• Lesson 1: Life Changes Along the Atlantic Seaboard
• Lesson 2: The Trans-Appalachian Frontier
• Lesson 3: The Changing World of American Indians
• Lesson 4: The Next Wave of Immigrants

Chapter 8

• Lesson 1: Exploring Beyond the Mississippi
• Lesson 2: Achieving Manifest Destiny
• Lesson 3: Settling the West
• Lesson 4: Surviving on the Frontier

Chapter 9

• Lesson 1: The Industrial Revolution
• Lesson 2: The Urban North
• Lesson 3: Seeking a Better Way

Chapter 10

• Lesson 1: The Cotton Kingdom
• Lesson 2: Life on the Plantation
• Lesson 3: The Other Souths

Chapter 11

• Lesson 1: The Sectional Conflict
• Lesson 2: The Antislavery Movement
• Lesson 3: The Road to Bleeding Kansas
• Lesson 4: The House Divided

Chapter 12

• Lesson 1: North Versus South
• Lesson 2: A Nation at War
• Lesson 3: War on the Home Front
• Lesson 4: The Long March to Surrender

Chapter 13

• Lesson 1: A Time for Reconciliation
• Lesson 2: Radical Reconstruction
• Lesson 3: Southern Life Under Reconstruction

Chapter 14

• Lesson 1: A Time of Change
• Lesson 2: Culture of the Plains Indians
• Lesson 3: Indian Lands Lost
• Lesson 4: Resettlement of the Land

Chapter 15

• Lesson 1: Building the American Dream
• Lesson 2: Moving into Industrial Cities
• Lesson 3: The Workers' Changing World
• Lesson 4: Destination: America

Chapter 16

• Lesson 1: The Politics of Corruption
• Lesson 2: The Reforming Impulse
• Lesson 3: The Populist Revolt

Chapter 17

• Lesson 1: The Shame of the Cities
• Lesson 2: Progressive Reform
• Lesson 3: Competing Crusades

Chapter 18

• Lesson 1: International Expansion
• Lesson 2: Conflict and Conquest
• Lesson 3: America at War
• Lesson 4: Impact of the War

Chapter 19

• Lesson 1: A Land of Immigrants
• Lesson 2: America's Many Cultures
• Lesson 3: The Gates Reopened

Chapter 20

• Lesson 1: A Government of Citizens
• Lesson 2: Putting the Constitution to Work
• Lesson 3: Making a Difference

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