v. 1. 1493-1754: Discovering a new world

v. 2. 1755-1783: Resistance and revolution

v. 3. 1784-1796: Organizing the new Nation

v. 4. 1797-1820: Domestic expansion and foreign entanglements

v. 5. 1821-1832: Steps toward equalitarianism

v.6. 1833-1840: The challenge of a continent

v. 7. 1841-1849: Manifest destiny

v. 8. 1850-1857: A house dividing

v. 9. 1858-1865: The crisis of the Union

v. 10. 1866-1883: Reconstruction and industrialization

v. 11. 1884-1894: Agrarianism and urbanization (Cont.)

v. 12. 1895-1904: Populism, imperialism, and reform

v. 13. 1905-1915: The progressive era

v. 14. 1916-1928: World war and prosperity

v. 15. 1929-1939: The great depression

v. 16. 1940-1949: The Second World War and after

v. 17. 1950-1960: Cold war in the nuclear age

v. 18. 1961-1968: The burdens of world power

v. 19. 1969-1973: Détente and domestic crisis

v. 20. 1974-1976: The challenge of interdependence

v. 21. 1977-1986: Opportunities and problems at home and abroad.