Exploring U.S. History Reading Schedule

The Civil War

Unit I

Chapter 11-2

Slavery in the West                 pg 290-294

Chapter 11-3

The Nation Divides                 pg. 295-299

Chapter 12-1

To Arms! To Arms!                 pg. 304-308

Chapter 12-2

The Early Days of the War     pg. 308-313

Chapter 12-3

Societies at War                      pg. 314-319

Chapter 12-4

Ending the War                       pg. 320-327

Reconstruction

Unit II

Chapter 13-1

Rebuilding the Union              pg. 332-337

Chapter 13-2

The South Under Reconstruction         pg 338-342

Chapter 13-3

The “New South”                   pg 343-347

The Wild West

Unit III

Chapter 14-1

The Plains Indians                  pg 358-364

Chapter 14-2

The Booming West                  pg. 365-370

Chapter 14-3

The Prairie Farmers                pg. 372-377

The Industrial Revolution

Unit IV

Chapter 15-1

Industry and Business              pg. 382-390

Chapter 15-2

The Immigrants                        pg. 391-396

Chapter 15-3

The Cities                                 pg. 397-403

The Gilded Age

Unit V

Chapter 16-1

Corruption and Reform             pg. 408-412

Chapter 16-2

The Rise of Organized Labor    pg. 413-421

Chapter 16-3

The Revolt of the Farmers         pg. 424-431

The Progressive Movement

Unit VI

Chapter 17-1

The Progressive Movement        pg. 442-451

Chapter 17-2

A Reform-Minded President       pg. 452-457

Chapter 17-3

The Triumph of Progressivism    pg. 458-463

America's Imperialism

Unit VII

Chapter 18-1

Eyes Toward Expansion            pg. 468-472

Chapter 18-2

The Spanish-American War       pg. 473-477

Chapter 18-3

A Stronger Arm in Asia              pg. 478-481

Chapter 18-4

Stepping Into Latin America      pg. 482-489

World War I

Unit VIII

Chapter 19-1

From Neutrality to War              pg. 494-500

Chapter 19-2

Mobilizing for War                     pg. 501-505

Chapter 19-3

The United States in the War      pg. 508-512

Chapter 19-4

The Diplomacy of Peace             pg. 513-517

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Roaring 20s, Crash of '29, and the Great Depression

 

Chapter 20-2

Government and Business           pg. 534-541

Chapter 20-3

A Time of Changing Values        pg. 542-549

Chapter 21-1

The “Good Times” Roll On        pg. 554-557

Chapter 21-2

The Crash on Wall Street            pg. 558-562

Chapter 21-3

Years of Suffering                        pg. 563-571

The New Deal

 

Unit X

Chapter 22-1

The First New Deal                     pg. 575-584

Chapter 22-2

The Second New Deal                 pg. 585-591

The Rise of the Axis Powers

Unit XI

Chapter 23-2

A World Changed by War          pg. 615-620

Chapter 23-3

The Road to War                        pg. 622-627

Chapter 23-4

The End of Isolation                   pg. 628-633

World War II

Unit XII

Chapter 24-1

Mobilizing for Global War        pg. 638-647

Chapter 24-2

Winning the War in Europe       pg. 648-655

Chapter 24-3

The War in the Pacific               pg. 656-663