Chapter 1. Two worlds meet. The first people

Colonial beginnings

England's colonies

Chapter 2. Colonial South Carolina. Settlement and change

Colonial government

The colonial economy

Rebellion and conflict

Chapter 3. South Carolina in the America Revolution. The road to revolution

The war for independence

A new nation and state

Chapter 4. Antebellum South Carolina. Cotton becomes king

Forces of unity and division

The crisis of the 1850s

Chapter 5. A nation divided. Southern states secede

The battlefield

The war at home

Chapter 6. The Second Civil War. The challenge of freedom

Restoring the union

Reconstruction ends

Chapter 7. Expansion and reform. The Gilded Age

The Tillman Era

The Progressive Movement

Chapter 8. Conflict and challenge. The Great War

The Twenties

Hard times for all

Out of depression and into war

Chapter 9. Turbulence and change. Cold War America

The movement for democracy

The solid South shifts

Chapter 10. Modern South Carolina. The changing political landscape

A new economic landscape

Glossary.