OUTLINES & mp3 Audio Summaries of the U.S. History Textbook
The following are outlines for notes for the U.S. History textbook, The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century, as well as mp3 audio summaries.
The following outlines may help you take notes, and taking notes helps you learn. The outlines are pdf files. You could just click on the link to view them, but to save them, you probably will need to right click on the link and save it to your computer.
The following mp3 audio files may also help you learn. Listening to the summaries does not replace reading and taking notes, but it is another way to learn about history. To save them, you probably will need to right click on the link and save it to your computer. From there you should be able to play it and/or move it to an mp3 player.
Textbook Resources for USH-A
Chapter 5: Changes on the Western Frontier, 1877-1900
Outline of Chapter 5 for Notes
Chapter 5 audio summaries: Section 1, Section 2, & Section 3.
Chapter 6: A New Industrial Age, 1877-1900
Outline of Chapter 6 for Notes
Chapter 6 audio summaries: Section 1, Section 2, & Section 3.
Chapter 7: Immigrants and Urbanization, 1877-1914
Outline of Chapter 7 for Notes
Chapter 7 audio summaries: Section 1, Section 2, & Section 3.
Chapter 8: Life at the Turn of the 20th Century, 1877-1917
Outline of Chapter 8 for Notes
Chapter 8 audio summaries: Section 1, Section 2, Section 3, & Section 4.
Chapter 9: The Progressive Era, 1890-1920
Outline of Chapter 9 for Notes
Chapter 9 audio summaries: Section 1, Section 2, Section 3, Section 4, & Section 5.
Chapter 10: America Claims an Empire, 1890-1920
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Chapter 10 audio summaries: Section 1, Section 2, Section 3, & Section 4.
Chapter 11: The First World War, 1914-1920
Outline of Chapter 11 for Notes
Chapter 11 audio summaries: Section 1, Section 2, Section 3, & Section 4.
Chapter 12: Politics of the Roaring Twenties, 1919-1929
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Chapter 12 audio summaries: Section 1, Section 2, & Section 3.
Chapter 13: The Roaring Life of the 1920s, 1920-1929
Outline of Chapter 13 for Notes
Chapter 13 audio summaries: Section 1, Section 2, Section 3, & Section 4.
Chapter 14: The Great Depression Begins, 1929-1933
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Chapter 14 audio summaries: Section 1, Section 2, & Section 3.
Chapter 15: The New Deal, 1933-1940
Outline of Chapter 15 for Notes
Chapter 15 audio summaries: Section 1, Section 2, Section 3, Section 4, & Section 5.
Textbook Resources for USH-B
Chapter 16: World War Looms, 1931-1941
Outline of Chapter 16 for Notes
Chapter 16 audio summaries: Section 1, Section 2, Section 3, & Section 4.
Chapter 17: The United States in World War II, 1941-1945
Outline of Chapter 17 for Notes
Chapter 17 audio summaries: Section 1, Section 2, Section 3, & Section 4.
Chapter 18: Cold War Conflicts, 1945-1960
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Chapter 18 audio summaries: Section 1, Section 2, Section 3, & Section 4.
Chapter 19: The Postwar Boom, 1946-1960
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Chapter 19 audio summaries: Section 1, Section 2, Section 3, & Section 4.
Chapter 20: The New Frontier and the Great Society, 1960-1968
Outline of Chapter 20 for Notes
Chapter 20 audio summaries: Section 1, Section 2, & Section 3.
Chapter 21: Civil Rights, 1954-1968
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Chapter 21 audio summaries: Section 1, Section 2, & Section 3.
Chapter 22: The Vietnam War Years, 1954-1975
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Chapter 22 audio summaries: Section 1, Section 2, Section 3, Section 4, & Section 5.
Chapter 23: An Era of Social Change, 1960-1975
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Chapter 23 audio summaries: Section 1, Section 2, & Section 3.
Chapter 24: An Age of Limits, 1968-1980
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Chapter 24 audio summaries: Section 1, Section 2, Section 3, & Section 4.
Chapter 25: The Conservative Tide, 1980-1992
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Chapter 25 audio summaries: Section 1, Section 2, Section 3, & Section 4.
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