Sections:

• Welcome
• American History
• European History
• Latin American History
• African History

Topics for this Section:

• The Development of Native American Culture to 1500
  1. Introduction
  2. Changes over Time: 10,000 BC to 1200 AD
  3. Summary
  4. Native North Americans on the Eve of European Contact
• European Exploration and Early Settlement 1492-1700
  1. Introduction
  2. European Exploration: 1492�1565
  3. Early Colonization and Initial Areas of Control: 1565-1690
  4. North America in 1700
• The Struggle for Colonial Control of North America 1689-1763
  1. Introduction
  2. The Struggle for Colonial Control of North America: 1689�1763
  3. Summary
• Population and Diversity in America: the Colonial Period
  1. Introduction
  2. European Settlement: 1700�1780
  3. American Diversity: ca. 1750
  4. Summary
• Native American Tribes 1783
• The American Revolution
  1. Introduction
  2. The American Revolution
  3. Summary
• Constitutionalism
  1. Introduction
  2. Government and Land Claims: 1783
  3. Ratification of the National Constitution: 1787-1790
  4. Summary
• Status of Slavery in Original 13 States
• Territorial Expansion of the United States 1783-1853
  1. Introduction
  2. Territorial Expansion of the United States: 1783�1853
  3. Summary
• Alaska and Hawaii
• Journeys of Lewis & Clark : 1804-1806
• The War of 1812
  1. Introduction
  2. The War of 1812
  3. Summary
• Jackson's Campaigns in Florida 1818
• Territory ceded by Spain 1810-1819
• Texas 1836
• The Mexican War
  1. Introduction
  2. The Mexican War
  3. Summary
• Oregon Country 1843-1848
• The Spread of Cotton and of Slavery 1790-1860
  1. Introduction
  2. The Spread of Cotton: 1790�1860
  3. The Spread of Slavery: 1790�1860
  4. The Spread of Cotton and Slavery
  5. The Economics of Cotton
  6. Summary
• Compromises Over Slavery
  1. Introduction
  2. The Missouri Compromise: 1820
  3. The Compromise of 1850: The Status of Slavery
  4. Summary
• Gadsden Purchase and Proposed Rail Routes 1853
• The Political Revolution of the 1850s
  1. Introduction
  2. The Kansas-Nebraska Act: 1854
  3. Congressional Elections: 1850�1858
  4. Summary
• The Presidential Election of 1860
  1. Introduction
  2. The Presidential Election of 1860 by County
  3. Electoral Vote by State: 1860
  4. Comparison of County and State Data
  5. Summary
• The U.S. Civil War, Part I
  1. Introduction
  2. Secession
  3. Eastern Theater: 1861�1863
  4. Summary
• U.S. Civil War, Part II
  1. Introduction
  2. The Western Theater: 1862-1863
  3. Union Victory
  4. Summary
• Reconstruction
  1. Introduction
  2. Military Districts in the South: 1867
  3. Duration of Radical Governments in the South
  4. Summary
• Industrialization 1870-1930
  1. Introduction
  2. The Changing American Workforce: 1870�1930
  3. World Industrial Production: 1870�1930
  4. Large-Scale Industry in 1900
  5. Summary
• Population and Immigration 1800-1910
  1. Introduction
  2. Population Maps
  3. Foreign-born Population
  4. Graph of Immigration
  5. Summary
• The Political Revolution of the 1890s
  1. Introduction
  2. The Political Revolution of the 1890s
  3. Populist Strength in the Election of 1892
  4. Summary
• Toward Empire: Overseas Expansion 1865-1910
  1. Introduction
  2. Middle America and the Caribbean
  3. The United States in the Pacific
  4. The Great White Fleet
  5. Summary
• World War I
  1. Introduction
  2. The Western Front: 1914
  3. The Western Front: 1915�1918
  4. The War in Eastern Europe and the Middle East
  5. The Colonial War
  6. The United States: From Neutrality to Belligerency
  7. The Financial Cost of the War
  8. Summary
• The Great Depression
  1. Introduction
  2. Stock Prices: 1923�1939
  3. Unemployment: 1925�1945
  4. Unemployment Relief: 1934
  5. Summary
• The Political Revolution of the 1930s
  1. Introduction
  2. The Political Revolution of the 1930s
  3. Summary
• World War II: The Pacific Theater
  1. Introduction
  2. Japanese Expansion to Spring: 1942
  3. The Turning Point: April to December 1942
  4. The U.S. Counterattack: 1943�1945
  5. Summary
• World War II: The European Theater
  1. Introduction
  2. Germany Resurgent
  3. Blitzkrieg: 1939-1940
  4. The Mediterranean Front: 1940-1943
  5. The Eastern Front: 1941-1943
  6. The Western Front: June 1944 to May 1945
  7. The Battle of Normandy and the Breakout: June-July 1944
  8. Summary
• Cholera
  1. Introduction
  2. The Epidemic of 1832
  3. The Epidemic of 1848-49
  4. The Epidemic of 1866
  5. The Epidemic of 1873
• Polio
  1. Introduction
  2. Incidence in the U.S., 1912-1972
• Diphtheria
  1. Introduction
  2. Incidence in the U.S., 1860-1960
• Life Expectancy 1850-2000
  1. Introduction
  2. Life Expectancy Graphs
  3. Review Questions

Populist Strength in the Election of 1892