Period that I should know

Unit 1: 1491-1607

Covers the period before European contact with the Americas and the beginning of colonization, focusing on indigenous societies, cultures, and early explorations.

unit 2: 1607-1754

This period includes the establishment of the English colonies, interactions between Native Americans and European settlers, and the beginnings of African slavery in the Americas.

Unit 3 1754-1800

This period encompasses the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, the establishment of independence, and the formation of the US government.

unit 4 1800-1848

the Jeffersonian and Jacksonian demoracy and market revolution

This period includes the expansion of the United States, the War of 1812, the rise of nationalism, and significant social and political changes, including the abolitionist movement and the women’s rights movement.

1844-1877

This period features the Civil War, Reconstruction, westward expansion, and significant social upheaval, including movements for civil rights and the end of slavery.

unit 6 1865-1945

Industrialization, gilded age, Andrew Carnegie, rise of big business, labor unions, migration/immigration, western expansion

unit 7: 1890-1945

the progressive era, Mukrackers, Imperialism, the Great Depression, world war 2

Unit 8: 1945-1980

Cold War and the red scare, the Vietnam war, the great society