Table of Contents: ACCESS American History

AMERICA'S BEGINNINGS

• The First Americans
• European Exploration
• The Thirteen Colonies

BUILDING A NEW NATION

• Steps to the American Revolution
• The American Revolution
• Getting a Constitution
• The New Nation

GROWING DIFFERENCES

• Moving West
• The Age of Jackson
• A Time for Change

NEW STATES AND CIVIL WAR

• Two New States
• Seven Years to Civil War
• The Civil War

A CHANGING AMERICA

• After the Civil War
• Immigrants, Cities, and Reform
• Becoming a World Power

AMERICA IN TWO WORLD WARS

• Good Times and Bad Times
• World War I
• World War II

STRUGGLING FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE

• The Cold War
• Getting Equality
• Into the 21st Century

CIVICS IN AMERICA

• The U.S. Constitution
• The Bill of Rights
• Responsible Citizenship