Federal Government

Introduction: Life in the 17th Century 

Chapter One: The American Colonies (1600-1774)

Chapter Two: The Revolution and the Foundations of American Government (1775-1788)

Chapter Three: The Foundation of American Federalism (1787-1789)

Chapter Four: The Early Republic (1789-1800)

Chapter Five: The Age of Jefferson (1801-1817)

Chapter Six: The Era of Good Feelings (1817-1825)

Chapter Seven: Jacksonian Democracy (1829-1837)

Chapter Eight: Manifest Destiny and the Mexican-American War (1845-1849)

Chapter Nine: The Crisis of the Union (1850-1861)

Chapter Ten: The Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877)

Chapter Eleven: The Gilded Age (1877-1893)

Chapter Twelve: Progressive Era and World War I (1893-1921)

Chapter Thirteen: The Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression (1921-1933)

Chapter Fourteen: World War II and the Postwar Era (1933-1953)

Chapter Fifteen: Civil Rights and Social Change (1953-1969)

Chapter Sixteen: The Conservative Revolution (1969-1989)

Chapter Seventeen: The Modern Era (1990-Present)

Chapter Eighteen: Challenges and Prospects for American Government