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1.1. Pre Classical Era, 250,000 BP-600 BCE

1.1.2. First Civilizations

READ: Chapter 1 · Chapter 2 · Chapter 3 · Chapter 4 · Chapter 5 · Chapter 6 

1.2. Classical Era, 600 BCE-600 CE

1.2.1. Classical Empires

READ: Chapter 1 · Chapter 2 · Chapter 3

1.2.2. Classical Wisdom Traditions

READ: Chapter 4 · Chapter 5 · Chapter 6 · Chapter 7 

1.3. Post Classical Era, 600-1450

READ: Chapter 1

1.4. Early Modern Era, 1450-1750

READ: Chapter 1 · Chapter 2 · Chapter 3 · Chapter 4 · Chapter 5 · Chapter 6 · Chapter 7 

1.5. Modern Era, 1750-1900

READ: Chapter 1 · Chapter 2 · Chapter 3

1.6. Late Modern Era, 1900-Present

READ: Chapter 1 · Chapter 2 · Chapter 3 · Chapter 4 · Chapter 5 · Chapter 6 · Chapter 7 · Chapter 8 · Chapter 9 · Chapter 10 · Chapter 11 



2.1. Colonial Era and Revolution (1607-1789)

2.1.1. Colonial North America

READ: Chapter 3.3 - 3.4

2.1.2. Colonial North and Colonial South

READ: Chapter 4.3 - 4.4

2.1.3. Revolutionary Era

READ: Chapter 6.1 · Chapter 6.4

2.2. Early Republic (1789-1850)

2.2.1. Launching a New Government

READ: Chapter 8.1 - 8.2

2.2.2. Westward Expansion

READ: Chapter 10.1 · Chapter 10.4 · Chapter 11.1 · Chapter 11.4

2.3. Nation Torn Asunder (1850-1877)

2.3.1. A House Divided

READ: Chapter 14.1 · Chapter 14.6

2.3.2. The Civil War

READ: Chapter 15.1 · Chapter 15.3

2.3.3. Reconstruction

READ: Chapter 16.2 · Chapter 16.4

2.4. Becoming Modern (1877-1929)

2.4.1. The Gilded Age

READ: Chapter 18.3 - 18.4

2.4.2. Progressive Era

READ: Chapter 21.3

2.4.3. Imperialism, Immigration, and War

READ: Chapter 19.2 · Chapter 22.2 · Chapter 23.4

2.5. Depression and War (1929-1954)

2.5.1. The Great Depression

READ: Chapter 26.2 - 26.3

2.5.2. WWII

READ: Chapter 27.2

2.5.3. The Cold War

READ: Chapter 28.2

2.6. The Long 60's (1954-1976)

2.6.1. Ike, JFK, LBJ, and Nixon

READ: Chapter 29.2 · Chapter 30.4

2.6.2. Proxy Wars

READ: Chapter 30.3

2.6.3. Civil Rights and Social Movements

READ: Chapter 29.3

2.7. A New World Order (1976-Present)

2.7.1. The End of the Cold War

READ: Chapter 31.1 · Chapter 31.3

2.7.2. Globalization and Terror

READ: Chapter 32.1



3.1. The Economic Problem

READ: Chapter 2.1

3.2. Supply and Demand

READ: Chapter 3.1 - 3.2

3.3. Economic Systems

READ: Chapter 4

3.4. The Public Sector in the American Economy

READ: Chapter 18

3.5. Money and Banking

READ: Chapter 27

3.6. The Federal Reserve System

READ: Chapter 28



4.1. Terms and Maps

READ: Chapter 1

4.2. Physical Geography

READ: Chapter 8

4.3. Political Organization of Space

READ: Chapter 4

4.4. Cultural Geography

READ: Chapter 3

4.5. Population

READ: Chapter 2

4.6. Rural Land Use

READ: Chapter 6

4.7. Urban Land Use

READ: Chapter 7



5.1. Comparative Government and Politics

READ: Chapter 1.1 - 1.2

5.3. The US Constitution

READ: Chapter 2.3 - 2.4

5.4. US Government Structure

READ: Chapter 3.1 · Chapter 3.5

5.5. US Civil Rights

READ: Chapter 5.1 - 5.2

5.6. US Elections and Political Parties

READ: Chapter 7.3 - 7.4 · Chapter 9.3

5.7. US Political Culture and Special Interests

READ: Chapter 6.2 · Chapter 10.3