American history from 1491 to the present across nine periods, with the causation, comparison, and argument skills the DBQ and LEQ demand.
Period 1: 1491–1607
Native societies and first contact.
Period 2: 1607–1754
Colonial societies in North America.
Period 3: 1754–1800
Revolution and a new republic.
Period 4: 1800–1848
Democracy, markets, and reform.
Period 5: 1844–1877
Expansion, Civil War, and Reconstruction.
Period 6: 1865–1898
The Gilded Age.
Period 7: 1890–1945
Empire, reform, depression, and world war.
Period 8: 1945–1980
Cold War, civil rights, and social change.
Period 9: 1980–Present
Conservatism, globalization, and the twenty-first century.