U.S. history
Nation's recorded events
U.S. history is the study or narrative of America's past, from colonial settlement through the present.
As a subject, it typically covers the Revolution, Civil War, westward expansion, and major political and social movements.
The phrase often appears as a course title or academic field: I'm taking U.S. history this semester, a U.S. history textbook.
- ConstitutionGoverning principles document
- Bill of RightsInitial constitutional amendments guaranteeing freedoms
- Manhattan ProjectClandestine atomic weapons program
- Jazz Age1920s American cultural heyday
- Revolutionary WarColonial uprising against Britain
Abolitionism · Great Migration · Great Depression · Dust Bowl · Watergate · Emancipation Proclamation · Harlem Renaissance · War of 1812 · American Dream · Founding Fathers · Boston Tea Party · Civil War · Jim Crow · Reconstruction · New Deal · Federalism · Counterculture · Gilded Age
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Record of all peoples
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Empirical study of matter and life
hard sciences · mathematics · physics · chemistry · biology
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