US History (Khan Academy)

The history of the United States is a story of ambition and contradiction, built on the promise of democracy and the struggles to fulfill it. In this course, you’ll learn about this story by exploring topics like the founding ideals, westward expansion, the Civil War, industrialization, and the ongoing struggle for civil rights.

• Unit 1: Worlds collide (1491–1607): Indigenous America; Origins of European exploration; The Columbian Exchange; Spanish colonization; Unit overview
• Unit 2: Colonial America (1607–1754): French and Dutch colonization; Humble beginnings of English colonization; The Virginia Company and Jamestown; The New England colonies in the North; The Southern and Middle colonies; Origins of slavery in the English colonies; Developing a national identity; Unit overview
• Unit 3: The Revolutionary Era (1754–1800): The Seven Year's War; Growing discontent; The American Revolution; Creating a nation; Social consequences of revolutionary ideals; Shaping a new republic; Unit overview
• Unit 4: The Early Republic (1800–1848): The Jeffersonian republic; Foreign policy in the early 1800s; The Market Revolution; The age of Jackson; Developing an American identity; Developing an American culture; Reform movements; Manifest destiny; Unit overview
• Unit 5: The Civil War Era (1844–1877): The Cotton Kingdom; The Mexican-American War; The Fugitive Slave Act; Bleeding Kansas; National crisis; The Civil War; The end of the Civil War; Reconstruction; Failure of Reconstruction; Unit overview
• Unit 6: The Gilded Age (1865–1898): The Gilded Age; Politics of the Gilded Age; Capitalism and labor in the Gilded Age; Jim Crow and the "New South"; The American West; Building the American West; Unit overview
• Unit 7: The rise to world power (1890–1945): The age of empire; The Progressive Era; The United States in World War I; 1920s America; Politics in the 1920s; Culture in the 1920s; The Great Depression; The beginning of World War II; World War II; The Atomic Age; American identity; Unit overview
• Unit 8: The Postwar Era (1945–1980): The Cold War begins; Postwar society; The Korean War; 1950s America; The Civil Rights Movement begins; The Civil Rights Movement continues; The Cuban Missile Crisis; The Vietnam War; 1960s America; 1970s America; Unit overview
• Unit 9: The Modern Era (1980–present): 1980s America; 1990s America; The new millennium; Unit overview
• Unit 10: Teacher resources: Writing Coach assignments; Unit overviews
• Unit 11: Surveys of history: United States history overview
• Unit 12: Primary documents: Thinking like a historian; Primary documents