Primary source history of the United States

Chronicles the presidential years between 1929 and 1949 and the domestic and global events that marked their administration including Roosevelt's New Deal policies, how the European and Pacific wars were fought, the Cold War, and the development of atomic weapons.

Examines significant people and events in the history of the United States from 1900 to 1929, a period that encompassed the Progressive Movement, World War I, and the Roaring Twenties.

Examines events that led to the Civil War in the United States, beginning in 1815, and includes discussion of how Abraham Lincoln fought to preserve the Union, and how the South battled to retain slaves and its way of life.

Presents a short history of the United States from the endof the French and Indian War to the end of the War of 1812 through a collection of personal journals, letters, and other primary source documentation.

Presents personal letters, journals, and official documents that chronicle the history of the United States during the Cold War period between 1949 and 1969 and examines the presidencies of Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, and Lyndon Johnson.

Chronicles the history of the European settlement of North American between 1492 and 1763 and includes information on key explorers, African slaves, and Native Americans who fought unsuccessfully to keep their land and way of life.

Examines the Reconstruction period in the South at the end of the American Civil War and discusses how the westward expansion between 1865 and 1900 effected the landscape and the Native Americans who were forced off their land.

Chronicles the presidential years between 1969 and 2004 and the domestic and global events that marked their administration, including the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, terrorism, the economy, personal scandals, and physical attacks on the United States.