# US History
## Table of Contents

* Preface
* Introduction

### Colonial America (1690–1754)

* Pre-Columbian Societies (Before 1492)
* European History (Before 1492)
* Transatlantic Encounters and Colonial Beginnings (1492–1620)
* Colonial North America (1620–1754)
* Colonial Religion (1690–1754)

### The Early Republic (1754–1837)

* Road to Revolution (1754–1775)
* American Revolution (1775–1787)
* The Federal Period (1787–1800)
* Jeffersonian Democracy (1800–1812)
* War, Nationalism, and Division (1812–1837)
* Religious Movements (1754–1837)

### The Crisis of the Republic (1837–1877)

* Manifest Destiny and the Slavery Question (1837–1861)
* A Nation Divided: The American Civil War (1861–1865)
* Reconstruction (1865–1877)

### Wealth, Innovation, and World Power (1877–1913)
#### The Age of Invention and the Gilded Age (1877–1900)

    Presidency of Grover Cleveland
    Racism of the era, Industrialization, Agriculture, Urbanization, American Imperialism,

#### The Progressive Era (1900–1914)

    Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, Presidency of William Howard Taft, Early Presidency of Woodrow Wilson
    Progressivism, Sufferage for Women, Labor Reform,

#### Advancements

    The Wright Brothers and the advent of practical powered flight, Rocketry, Transit improvements, Birth of Hollywood

#### The Nadir of American Race Relations

    Racism, Race Riots

### Into the American Century (1913–1945)
#### The War to End All Wars (1914–1920)

    World War I–"The Great War", The Spanish Flu

#### The Roaring Twenties (1920–1929)

    Roaring Twenties, Prohibition

#### The Great Depression and the New Deal (1929–1939)

    The Great Depression, The New Deal, Works Progress Administration

#### Spanish Civil War (1936–1939)

    American Involvement in the Spanish Civil War

#### The World At War (1939–1945)

    World War II, The War in Europe, The War in the Pacific, The Manhattan Project

### America in the Cold War (1945–1989)
#### The Cold War (1945–1953)

    Presidency of Harry Truman, Start of the Cold War

#### The Fifties (1953–1961)

    President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Civil Rights Movement, Rock and Roll

#### The Sixties (1961–1969)

    Presidency of John F. Kennedy, Cuban Missile Crisis, Presidency of Lyndon Bird Johnson, The Great Society, Space Race, Martin Luther King Jr.

#### National and International Crises (1969–1981)

    The Presidency of Richard Nixon, Vietnam War and entanglements in Indochina, Kent State, Impeachment of Richard Nixon

#### The Reagan Revolution (1981–1989)

    The Presidency of Gerald Ford, The Presidency of Jimmy Carter, The Presidency of Ronald Reagan
    Pardoning of Nixon, Inflation, Energy Crisis, Camp David Accords, Iran Hostage Crisis, Iran-Iraq War, The Reagan Revolution, SDI–"Star Wars", Iran Contra

### Hope, Adversity and Challenges for the New Century (1989–2016)
#### Bush and Clinton presidencies

    Presidency of George Bush, Rodney King, Collapse of the Soviet Union, Presidency of Bill Clinton, 1st Gulf War (1989 –2000), Monica Lewinsky Scandal

#### George W. Bush

    Presidency of George W. Bush, September 11th, 2001, 2nd Gulf War, Terrorism, Start of the Great Recession

#### Election 2008

    Obama Vs. John McCain, Primaries

#### Obama

    Presidency of Barack Obama, Addressing the Great Recession, Affordable Care Act, LGBTQ rights, Tea Party Movement

### Recent History (2016–Present)
#### Election 2016

    Donald Trump Vs. Hillary Clinton, Primary Candidates, Third Party Candidates

#### Trump

    Supreme Court, Civil Rights, Establishment of the US Space Force, Start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Events of January 6th, 2021

#### Biden

    Continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic, Withdrawal from Afghanistan, Ukraine

#### Hope & Crisis: America Today and In the Future
### Appendices

* Appendix A: Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States
* Appendix B: Supreme Court Decisions
* Appendix C: Chief Justices
* Appendix D: Famous Third Parties
* Growing Crisis with Iran (2002-)
* Authors

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## Related Wikibooks
### General US History

* The Annotated Constitution of the United States
* Outline of U.S. History
* AP United States History

### Specific US History

* The History of the Native Peoples of the Americas
* American Revolution

### State History

* History of Hawaii
** Hawaiian Monarchs
* History of Florida
* History of New York State
* History of Wyoming
* History of Tennessee
* History of Nevada
* History of Alaska

### Misc American History

* IB History of the Americas
* Confederate States Government

## Related Wikipedia articles

* Declaration of Independence
* Constitution
* Bill of Rights

## External links

* USA.gov/history - US Government website with history resources.
* National Museum of American History - Operated by the Smithsonian Institution
* ushistory.org - by the Independence Hall Association in Philadelphia.