| Introduction.
PART I: Getting There, Getting Settled, and Getting Free.
Chapter 1: Before the Beginning: 14,000 B.C.–A.D. 1492.
Chapter 2: Columbus Discovers the Bahamas: 1492–1607.
Chapter 3: Pilgrims' Progress: The English Colonies, 1607–1700.
Chapter 4: Old Grudges in a New World: 1700–1763.
Chapter 5: Revolting Developments: 1763–1775.
Chapter 6: Yankee Doodlin': 1775–1783.
Chapter 7: Blueprints and Birth Pains: 1783–1800.
PART II: Growing Pains.
Chapter 8: "Long Tom" Becomes President: 1800–1809.
Chapter 9: One Weird War: 1809–1815.
Chapter 10: The Good, the Bad, and the Very Ugly: 1815–1828.
Chapter 11: The Influences of Andrew Jackson: 1829–1844.
Chapter 12: War, Gold, and a Gathering Storm: 1845–1860.
Chapter 13: A Most Uncivil War: 1861–1865.
Chapter 14: Putting It Back Together: 1865–1876.
PART III: Coming of Age.
Chapter 15: Growing Up: 1876–1898.
Chapter 16: Growing Out: 1899–1918.
Chapter 17: Bathtub Gin, Jazz, and Lucky Lindy: 1919–1929.
Chapter 18: Uncle Sam's Depressed: 1930–1940.
Chapter 19: The World at War: 1941–1945.
PART IV: America in Adulthood.
Chapter 20: The Fast Fifties: 1946–1960.
Chapter 21: Camelot to Watergate: 1961–1974.
Chapter 22: Hold the Malaise, or Ayatollah So: 1975–1992.
Chapter 23: The Future is Now: 1993–2000.
PART V: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 24: The 10 Best — and 10 Worst — Presidents.
Chapter 25: Ten Historical Events That Probably Never Happened.
Chapter 26: Ten Inventions That Changed Life as We Know It.
Chapter 27: Ten Events That Defined American Culture.
PART VI: Appendixes.
Appendix A: Preamble to the United States Constitution.
Appendix B: The Bill of Rights: Amendments 1–10 of the Constitution.
Appendix C: The Declaration of Independence.
Appendix D: The Gettysburg Address.
Index.
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