US History Reading Assignments – 1st Semester

Early US History
No Reading Assignments / 6 – 12 / 0.1 Colonies and Revolution
13 – 18 / 0.2 Founding a New Nation
19 – 29 / 0.3 America in the Early 1800s
30 – 37 / 0.4 The Union in Crisis
38 – 44 / 0.5 The Civil War
45 – 51 / 0.6 The Reconstruction Era
Gilded Age
Read by 9/8 / 64 – 72 / 1.1 Innovation Boosts Growth
Read by 9/9 / 73 – 78 / 1.2 Big Business Rises
Read by 9/10 / 79 – 85 / 1.3 The Organized Labor Movement
Read by 9/11 / 86 – 92 / 1.4 The New Immigrants
Read by 9/14 / 93 – 98 / 1.5 Nation of Cities
Read by 9/15 / 99 – 104 / 1.6 New Ways of Life
Read by 9/16 / 118 – 125 / 2.1 American Indians Under Pressure
Read by 9/17 / 126 – 134 / 2.2 The West in Transformed
Read by 9/18 / 135 – 139 / 2.3 Corruption Plagues the Nation
Read by 9/19 / 140 – 146 / 2.4 Farm Issues and Populism
Progressive
Read by 9/28 / 160 – 167 / 3.1 Progressive Drive Reform
Read by 9/30 / 168 – 174 / 3.2 Women Gain Rights
Read by 10/1 / 175 – 179 / 3.3 Striving for Equality
Read by 10/2 / 180 – 190 / 3.4 Reformers in the White House
Spanish American War
Read by10/19 / 191 – 195 / 3.5 American Influence Grows
Read by 10/20 / 196 – 203 / 3.6 The Spanish American War
Read by 10/21 / 204 – 212 / 3.7 The U.S. Emerges as a World Power
World War I
Read by 10/23 / 226 – 234 / 4.1 America Enters World War I
Read by 10/28 / 235 – 241 / 4.2 The Home Front During World War I
Read by 11/2 / 242 – 250 / 4.3 The End of World War I
Roaring Twenties
Read by 11/9 / 251 – 257 / 4.4 The Post War Economy Booms
Read by 11/10 / 258 – 263 / 4.5 Government in the 1920s
Read by 11/11 / 264 – 272 / 4.6 An Unsettled Society
Read by 11/12 / 273 – 280 / 4.7 The Roaring Twenties
Read by 11/13 / 281 – 286 / 4.8 The Harlem Renaissance
Great Depression
Read by 11/30 / 300 – 307 / 5.1 Causes of the Depression
Read by 12/1 / 308 – 315 / 5.2 Americans Suffer
Read by 12/2 / 316 – 326 / 5.3 Two Presidents Respond
New Deal
Read by 12/3 / 327 – 333 / 5.4 The New Deal Expands
Read by 12/4 / 334 – 341 / 5.5 Effects of the New Deal
Read by 12/7 / 342 – 346 / 5.6 Culture During the Depression

US History Reading Assignments – 2nd Semester

World War II
Read by1/6 / 360 – 367 / 6.1 The Rise of Aggressive Dictators
Read by 1/7 / 368 – 376 / 6.2 America Debates Involvement
Read by 1/8 / 377 – 385 / 6.3 America Enters World War II
Read by 1/11 / 386 – 392 / 6.4 A War on Two Fronts
Read by 1/12 / 393 – 400 / 6.5 The Home Front
Read by 1/13 / 400 – 409 / 6.6 The Allies Win World War II
Read by 1/14 / 410 – 415 / 6.7 The Holocaust
Read by 1/15 / 416 – 422 / 6.8 Impact of World War II
Early Cold War
Read by 1/25 / 436 – 441 / 7.1 The Beginning of the Cold War
Read by 1/26 / 442 – 446 / 7.2 The Korean War
Read by 1/27 / 447 – 452 / 7.3 The Cold War Intensifies
Read by 1/28 / 453 – 458 / 7.4 Cold War Fears at Home
Read by 1/29 / 459 – 466 / 7.5 Postwar Prosperity
Read by 2/1 / 467 – 473 / 7.6 Mass Culture in the 1950s
Read by 2/2 / 474 – 479 / 7.7 Social Issues of the 1950s
Late Cold War
Read by 2/8 / 515 – 520 / 8.4 Kennedy’s Reforms
Read by 2/9 / 521 – 527 / 8.5 Reform Under Johnson
Read by 2/10 / 542 – 550 / 9.1 The Cold War in Vietnam
Read by 2/11 / 551 – 556 / 9.2 America’s War Escalates
Read by 2/12 / 557 – 563 / 9.3 The Antiwar Movement
Read by 2/16 / 564 – 571 / 9.4 The War’s End and Effects
Civil Rights
Read by 2/22 / 492 – 498 / 8.1 The Civil Rights Movement Strengthens
Read by 2/23 / 499 – 505 / 8.2 The Movement Surges Forward
Read by 2/24 / 506 – 514 / 8.3 Successes and Setbacks
Read by 2/25 / 588 – 593 / 10.2 The Women’s Right Movement
Read by 2/26 / 594 – 599 / 10.3 Expanding the Push for Equality
Read by 2/29 / 584 – 587 / 10.1 The Counterculture of the 1960s
Read by 2/29 / 600- 603 / 10.4 The Environmental Movement
Rise of Conservatism
Read by3/21 / 604 – 614 / 10.5 The Two Sides of the Nixon Presidency
Read by 3/22 / 615 – 624 / 10.6 Ford and Carter Struggle
Read by 3/23 / 638 – 643 / 11.1 The Conservative Movement Surges
Read by 3/24 / 644 – 651 / 11.2 The Reagan Era
Read by 3/28 / 652 – 657 / 11.3 The Cold War Ends
Read by 3/29 / 658 – 665 / 11.4 A New Era in Foreign Policy
Read by 3/30 / 666 -672 / 11.5 Clinton and the 1990s
Modern Era
Read by 3/31 / 684 – 689 / 12.1 America and the World Economy
Read by 4/1 / 690 – 697 / 12.2 The George W. Bush Presidency
Read by 4/4 / 698 – 703 / 12.3 The Barack Obama Presidency
Read by 4/5 / 704 - 712 / 12.4 Americans Look to the Future