Topics Covered

Early Colonial Period:

-Indigenous People of the United States

-Life in the colonies

-The Road to the American Revolution

-The Revolutionary War

-The Declaration of Independence

Building a New Nation:

-The Articles of Confederation

-The Constitutional Convention

-Founding Fathers

The New United States

-The War of 1812

-Monroe Doctrine

-Early Presidents

Growing and Expanding

-Manifest Destiny

-Land Acquisition

-Pioneer Life

-Relationships with Indigenous People

Mid 1800's

-Industrialization

-Reform Movements

-Events Leading into the Civil War

-Sectionalism

The Civil War

-Perspectives of Both Sides

-Key Events of the War

-Emancipation Proclamation

-Lincoln's Leadership

-Reconstruction