Unit 1 The Age of Exploration 1
Text A Early Exploration and Settlements 2
Text B Columbus's Discovery of America 4
Text C The Legacy of the Puritans 7
Text D The Thanksgiving Story 8
Unit 2 The Colonial America 13
Text A The Original 13 Colonies 14
Text B Colonial Life of the Early Settlers 20
Text C Slavery in Colonial America 22
Unit 3 The Road to Independence 26
Text A The War of Independence 27
Text B The American Revolution 33
Text C Causes of the American Revolution 34
Unit 4 The Young Republic 39
Text A The Creation of a National Government 40
Text B Beniamin Franklin 48
Text C The Essence of the Constitution 49
Unit 5 The Westward Movement 54
Text A The Frontier of the American West 55
Text B The Donner Party 61
Text C Louisiana Purchase 62
Unit 6 The Civil War 67
Text A Causes of the Civil War 68
Text B The Gettysburg Address 73
Text C Eye Witness Accounts of the Assassination 75
Unit 7 Reconstruction(1865—1877) 80
Text A Reconstruction after the Civil War 81
Text B Education after the Civil War 86
Text C A Shattered Fairy Tale 87
Unit 8 The Gilded Age(1877—1917) 91
Text A The Gilded Age 92
Text B Industrialization 99
Text C The Gilded Age Society 100
Unit 9 America in World War Ⅰ(1914—1918) 105
Text A The U.S.A.and World War Ⅰ 106
Text B Wilson's Declaration of Neutrality 114
Text C U.S.Entry into World War Ⅰ 115
Unit 10 The Roaring Twenties 119
Text A The Roaring Twenties 120
Text B Mass Entertainment in the 1920s 124
Text C The Lost Generation 126
Unit 11 The Great Depression 131
Text A The Great Depression in America 132
Text B Iowa in the 1920s and the 1930s 138
Text C Franklin D.Roosevelt 139
Unit 12 America in World War Ⅱ 142
Text A World War Ⅱ 143
Text B The Origins of World War Ⅱ 149
Text C American Domestic Situation During World War Ⅱ 151
Unit 13 Postwar American Society 156
Text A American Society in the 1950s 157
Text B The Postwar Economy:1945—1960 162
Text C Desegregation 164
Unit 14 America in Transition 169
Text A America in the 1960s 171
Text B America in the 1970s 172
Text C The Cuban Missile Crisis 176
Unit 15 Toward a New Century 182
Text A America Entering a New Century 183
Text B The Gulf War 188
Text C No Ordinary Day 189
Appendixes 195
Appendix 1 States,Their Entry into Union＆Their Settlement 195
Appendix 2 Presidents＆Vice Presidents of the U.S. 197
Appendix 3 U.S.History Timeline 200
重点参考书目和网站 215