A peer-reviewed open U.S. History Textbook released under a CC BY SA 3.0 Unported License.
American History to 1877
American History to 1877 covers all the major themes, historical figures, major dates and events from your introductory American History courses. Topics covered include Pre-Columbian America to the post-Civil War Reconstruction era.
This book presents brief summaries and places in perspective key American men, women, and events from the post-Civil War era, through the course of the twentieth century, and concluding with today’s post 9/11 crisis.
Americans are fond of describing their country as a young nation.
All aspects of early U.S. history are covered in this informative outline created specifically for the over 500,000 students enrolled in U.S. history courses each year.
These population figures remain in dispute; see Utley, Lone Star Justice, 188–89; Webb, Texas Rangers, 345. There is also some disagreement on the distance and travel time: Webb puts it at 600 miles requiring “thirty or more days” to ...
This guide also contains appendixes on the territorial expansion and admission of states into the Union, the population of the United States, and a timeline of presidents and secretaries of state.
United States History from 1877
Capturing History: Brief Readings on America from Discovery to 1877 deftly combines primary source documents with historical narrative to give readers an engaging account of early American history.