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History of America


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Istruzione Libri
Sviluppatore Hung-Yao Chen
0.99 USD

An ebook for iPad that introduce the history of the United States.

1. Introduction

2. Pre-Columbian Period

2.1. Origins

2.2. North America

2.3. Mesoamerica

2.4. South America

3. Colonial Period

3.1. Motives for Colonization

3.2. Early Colonial Failures

3.3. Spanish Colonies

3.4. New Netherland

3.5. New France

3.6. Russian Colonies

3.7. British Colonies

3.8. Unification of the British Colonies

3.9. From Unity to Revolution

3.10. Colonial Life

4. Formation of the United States of America (1776–1789)

4.1. American Revolution

4.2. Development of Federal Institutions

4.3. Emerging First Party System

5. Westward Expansion (1789–1849)

5.1. Federalist Era

5.2. Thomas Jefferson

5.3. Louisiana Purchase and the War of 1812

5.4. Era of Good Feelings

5.5. Return of factionalism and political parties

5.6. Andrew Jackson

5.7. The Age of Reform

5.8. Westward expansion

6. Civil War era (1849–1865)

6.1. Economic and Cultural Change

6.2. Political Upheaval

6.3. Civil War

7. Reconstruction and Industrialization (1865–1890)

7.1. Reconstruction

7.2. Industrialization

7.3. Gilded Age

8. Imperialism, Progressive Era, and World War I (1890–1918)

8.1. Imperialism

8.2. Progressive Era

8.3. World War I

9. Woman Suffrage

10. Post-World War I and the Great Depression (1918–1940)

10.1. Red Scare

10.2. Aftermath of World War I

10.3. Roaring Twenties

10.4. Great Depression

11. World War II

11.1. Battle against Germany

11.2. Battle against Japan

12. The Cold War from 1945 to 1964

12.1. Origins

12.2. Containment and Escalation

12.3. Korean War

12.4. Eisenhower Administration

12.5. Kennedy Administration

13. The Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968)

13.1. Background

13.2. Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

13.3. Sit-ins

13.4. Birmingham campaign

13.5. March on Washington

13.6. Honors and Assassination

14. Lyndon Johnson’s Administration and the Vietnam War (1963–1968)

14.1. Kennedys Involvement in the War

14.2. Expansion of the War

14.3. The Tet Offensive and Its Impact

14.4. Election of 1968

15. Nixon Administration and the End of the Vietnam War (1969–1975)

15.1. The End of the Vietnam War

15.2. Watergate Scandal

16. Energy Crisis and Hyperinflation (1973-1980)

16.1. The Gold Standard

16.2. 1973 Oil Crisis

16.3. Carter Administration and Second Oil Crisis