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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Reference Atlas

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UNIT 1 Different Worlds Meet

Beginnings to 1625

The First Americans, Prehistory to 1492

Exploring the Americas, 1400-1625

UNIT 2 Colonial Settlement

1587-1770 Colonial America, 1587-1770

The Colonies Grow, 1607-1770

UNIT 3 Creating a Nation

1763-1791 Road to Independence, 1763-1776

The American Revolution, 1776-1783

A More Perfect Union, 1777-1790

Civics in Action: A Citizenship Handbook The Constitution of the United States

UNIT 4 The New Republic

1789-1825 A New Nation, 1789-1800

The Jefferson Era, 1800-1816

Growth and Expansion, 1790-1825

UNIT 5 The Growing Nation 1820-1860

The Jackson Era, 1824-1845

Manifest Destiny, 1818-1853

North and South, 1820-1860

The Age of Reform, 1820-1860

UNIT 6

Civil War and Reconstruction 1846-1896

Road to Civil War, 1820-1861

The Civil War, 1861-1865

Reconstruction and Its Aftermath, 1865-1896

UNIT 7 Reshaping the Nation 1858-1914

The Western Frontier, 1858-1896

The Growth of Industry, 1865-1914

Toward and Urban America, 1865-1914

UNIT 8 Reform, Expansion, and War 1865-1920

Progressive Reforms, 1877-1920

Overseas Expansion, 1865-1917

World War 1, 1914-1919

UNIT 9 Turbulent Decades 1919-1945

The Jazz Age, 1919-1929

The Depression and FDR, 1929-1941

World War II, 1939-1945

UNIT 10 Turning Points 1945-1975

The Cold War Era, 1945-1954

America in the 1950s, 1953-1960

The Civil Rights Era, 1954-1973

The Vietnam Era, 1960-1975

UNIT 11 Modern America 1968-Present

Search for Stability, 1968-1981

New Challenges, 1981-Present

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