| Top Ten Fun Facts about America | p. x |
| Introduction | p. xi |
| The Pre-Columbian Americas | p. 1 |
| Forensic Evidence | p. 2 |
| Early European Contacts | p. 2 |
| A Thriving Population | p. 3 |
| The Legacy of the Great Civilizations | p. 4 |
| The Original North Americans | p. 6 |
| Unpremeditated Biological Warfare? | p. 6 |
| Uncovering the Existence of the New World | p. 9 |
| A "New" World | p. 10 |
| Columbus Had a Hunch | p. 11 |
| The First Colony | p. 13 |
| Columbus Returns | p. 14 |
| Poor Management | p. 14 |
| The Final Voyages | p. 16 |
| English, French, and Dutch Influences | p. 17 |
| The Roanoke Colony | p. 18 |
| Jamestown Settlement | p. 19 |
| The Top Crop | p. 21 |
| The Dutch Arrive | p. 22 |
| A New England | p. 23 |
| Massachusetts Bay Colony | p. 26 |
| Salem Witch Trials | p. 28 |
| Life in New England | p. 29 |
| Struggles with France | p. 30 |
| Foundations of Freedom | p. 35 |
| The British Position | p. 36 |
| Rebels among Us | p. 38 |
| First Continental Congress | p. 40 |
| The Battle of Bunker Hill | p. 44 |
| The Declaration of Independence | p. 45 |
| Revolution Reigns | p. 47 |
| The Continental Army | p. 48 |
| The War Up North | p. 52 |
| Attack on Philadelphia | p. 53 |
| French Aid | p. 53 |
| The War in the West and South | p. 54 |
| The War at Sea | p. 55 |
| The Battle of Yorktown | p. 56 |
| Peace Negotiations Proceed | p. 57 |
| Farewell to Arms | p. 58 |
| Shaping a New Nation and Government | p. 61 |
| Building a New System of Government | p. 62 |
| The Constitutional Convention | p. 63 |
| Federalists Versus Antifederalists | p. 67 |
| George Washington after the War | p. 68 |
| The Federal Government Expands | p. 70 |
| Washington's Second Term | p. 71 |
| Early Separation of Church and State | p. 72 |
| The Country's Economy | p. 73 |
| President Adams and President Jefferson | p. 73 |
| Early American Struggles | p. 75 |
| Prelude to War | p. 76 |
| The War of 1812 | p. 77 |
| The Creation of Washington, D.C. | p. 79 |
| Native American Tensions | p. 80 |
| The Monroe Doctrine | p. 81 |
| Other Early Presidents | p. 81 |
| Mexico and Manifest Destiny | p. 82 |
| Go West, Young Man | p. 85 |
| The Wave of Immigrants | p. 87 |
| A Country Unraveling | p. 91 |
| The Issue of Slavery | p. 92 |
| Farming the Land | p. 93 |
| The Cry for States' Rights | p. 94 |
| The Underground Railroad | p. 95 |
| The Rise of Abraham Lincoln | p. 96 |
| The Lincoln-Douglas Debates | p. 99 |
| The Civil War | p. 103 |
| Creation of the Confederacy | p. 104 |
| Fire on Fort Sumter | p. 106 |
| Four Years at War | p. 107 |
| Famous Battles in the South | p. 108 |
| Northern Fighting | p. 112 |
| A Chance Meeting at Gettysburg | p. 113 |
| Lincoln's Gettysburg Address | p. 114 |
| The Political Climate | p. 115 |
| More Fighting in the South | p. 119 |
| The South Surrenders | p. 120 |
| Amendments and Aftermath | p. 121 |
| Mending America | p. 125 |
| Reconstruction | p. 126 |
| The Wild West | p. 128 |
| Post-Civil War Presidents | p. 129 |
| Transportation Evolves | p. 131 |
| A Heritage of Crafts | p. 133 |
| Famous American Architects | p. 135 |
| The Age of Industry, Invention, and Discovery | p. 139 |
| Teddy Roosevelt, the Trustbuster | p. 140 |
| The Rise of Organized Labor | p. 140 |
| Inventions and Engineering Marvels | p. 142 |
| Early Medical Pioneers | p. 144 |
| Thomas Edison, Inventor Extraordinaire | p. 146 |
| The Election of 1904 and Beyond | p. 146 |
| The Nation's Economy | p. 148 |
| Men of Vision and Wealth | p. 149 |
| The Power of Publishing | p. 150 |
| The World War I Era | p. 153 |
| The First World War Begins | p. 154 |
| Submarines Let Loose | p. 155 |
| U.S. Entry into World War I | p. 156 |
| The End of the War | p. 159 |
| The 1920s: Life in These United States | p. 161 |
| Women's Suffrage and the Advancement of Women's Causes | p. 164 |
| With Pen in Hand | p. 165 |
| The Boom That Went Bust | p. 168 |
| The Great Depression | p. 169 |
| After the Crash | p. 170 |
| The New Deal | p. 172 |
| The Newsworthy and Notable | p. 175 |
| Entertainment as Escapism | p. 177 |
| Emerging Skyscrapers | p. 178 |
| The World War II Era | p. 181 |
| German and Italian Discontent | p. 182 |
| The World Makes Concessions | p. 183 |
| The United States Enters the War | p. 186 |
| Major WWII Battles in the South Pacific | p. 188 |
| Major WWII Battles in Africa and Europe | p. 190 |
| Hitler's Demise | p. 193 |
| Life on the Home Front | p. 194 |
| Building the Bomb | p. 196 |
| The Nuremberg Trials | p. 198 |
| Germany Divided | p. 199 |
| The Marshall Plan | p. 199 |
| The Fifties | p. 201 |
| Prelude to the Cold War | p. 202 |
| McCarthyism | p. 204 |
| The Korean War | p. 205 |
| Everyone Liked Ike | p. 207 |
| Civil Rights Strides | p. 208 |
| Music That Changed America | p. 209 |
| The Turbulent Sixties | p. 211 |
| The 1960 Election | p. 212 |
| The Space Race | p. 213 |
| The Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis | p. 214 |
| Shots Heard Worldwide | p. 215 |
| Voices of Civil Rights Activists | p. 217 |
| Seeds of the Vietnam War | p. 219 |
| The 1968 Elections | p. 222 |
| The Counterculture of the 1960s | p. 223 |
| Events of the 1970s | p. 225 |
| Foreign Relations | p. 226 |
| Domestic Turmoil | p. 226 |
| Watergate Rocks the Nation | p. 228 |
| Single-Term Presidents | p. 231 |
| Women's Rights | p. 233 |
| Other Activism and Social Change | p. 234 |
| Outstanding Athletes of the 1970s | p. 235 |
| New Conservatism | p. 237 |
| The Great Communicator | p. 238 |
| The Iran-Contra Affair | p. 242 |
| End of the Reagan Era | p. 243 |
| No Beating Around the Bush | p. 244 |
| Tensions in the Persian Gulf | p. 245 |
| Headline News | p. 248 |
| The Computer Age | p. 250 |
| The End of the Millennium | p. 253 |
| It's the Economy, Stupid | p. 254 |
| Terrorism Strikes | p. 258 |
| The 1996 Election | p. 259 |
| What Was America Coming To? | p. 261 |
| Millennium Madness | p. 262 |
| The 2000 Elections | p. 263 |
| The Twenty-First Century | p. 265 |
| The New Administration and Tax Cuts | p. 266 |
| The Bush-Cheney Energy Plan | p. 266 |
| The Attacks of September 11 | p. 267 |
| Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda | p. 268 |
| America's Reaction | p. 271 |
| The 2002 State of the Union and the Axis of Evil | p. 274 |
| A Call for Regime Change in Iraq | p. 275 |
| United Nations and the Iraqi War | p. 276 |
| Headline News 2000-2003 | p. 277 |
| Presidential Elections and Other News in 2004 | p. 281 |
| Bush Begins a Second Term and Other News in 2005 | p. 283 |
| The Middle East in Turmoil | p. 285 |
| 2006 Midterm Elections and Other News | p. 288 |
| Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States | p. 292 |
| Major Supreme Court Decisions in United States History | p. 293 |
| First Ladies and Official White House Hostesses | p. 294 |
| Presidential Libraries | p. 311 |
| Index | p. 316 |
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