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Boundless U.S. History is a college-level, introductory textbook that covers the exciting subject of U.S. History. Volume I covers early American history through 1865. Boundless works with subject matter experts to select the best open educational resources available on the web, review the content for quality, and create introductory, college-level textbooks designed to meet the study needs of university students.'

Table of contents

Pre-Columbian America: Before 1492

The New World: 1492-1600

Britain and the Settling of the Colonies: 1600-1750

The Expansion and Crises of the Colonies: 1650-1750

Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire: 1750-1763

The British Empire and the Colonia Crisis: 1754-1775

The American Revolution: 1763-1783

American Life during the Revolution: 1763-1789

Founding a Nation: 1783-1789

The Federalist Era: 1789-1801

Securing the Republic: 1800-1815

Democracy in America: 1815-1840

The Market Revolution: 1815-1840

Religion, Romanticism, and Cultural Reform: 1820-1860

The Westward Movement and Manifest Destiny: 1812-1860

Slavery and Reform: 1820-1840

A House Dividing: 1840-1861

The Civil War: 1861-1865

Reconstruction: 1865-1877

The Gilded Age: 1870-1900

Race, Empire, and Culture in the Gilded Age: 1870-1900

The Progressive Era: 1890-1917

World War I: 1914-1919

From the New Era to the Great Depression: 1920-1933

The New Deal: 1933-1940

From Isolation to World War II: 1930-1943

The Cold War: 1947-1991

The Politics and Culture of Abundance: 1943-1960

The Sixties: 1960-1969

The Conservative Turn of America: 1968-1989

The Challenges of Globalization and the Coming Century: After 1989

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