U.S. History

Explore comprehensive lessons, activities, and resources covering the major eras of American history.

Colonial America

Life in the colonies, regional differences, and early self-government.

Causes, turning points, founding documents, and independence.

Drafting the Constitution, federalism, and the nation’s first administrations.

Manifest Destiny, democratization, reform movements, and Native displacement.

Sectional crisis, war, emancipation, and rebuilding the Union.

Big business, labor, immigration, and urbanization.

Reform movements, women's suffrage, and expanding global power.

U.S. entry, the home front, and postwar settlements.

Economic collapse, relief programs, and long-term reforms.

Mobilization, the European and Pacific theaters, and the aftermath.

Containment, crises, proxy wars, and domestic tensions.

Movements for racial equality and expanding civil liberties.

Politics, culture, globalization, and modern U.S. developments.