How this course works

The chapters and lessons below are the fixed course structure. When you start, LearnLive teaches each lesson interactively and adapts examples, pacing, and questions to you.

Complete syllabus

Every chapter and lesson

01
Chapter 1 · 3 lessons
Colonial America
1. 1.1
  Indigenous peoples & contact
  8 min · Quick check
2. 1.2
  Colonial settlement
  9 min · Quick check
3. 1.3
  Toward revolution
  8 min · Quick check
02
Chapter 2 · 3 lessons
A New Nation
1. 2.1
  The Revolution
  9 min · Quick check
2. 2.2
  The Constitution & early republic
  9 min · Quick check
3. 2.3
  Jefferson to Jackson
  8 min · Quick check
03
Chapter 3 · 3 lessons
Division & Civil War
1. 3.1
  Expansion & slavery
  9 min · Quick check
2. 3.2
  The Civil War
  9 min · Quick check
3. 3.3
  Reconstruction
  8 min · Quick check
04
Chapter 4 · 3 lessons
Industrial America
1. 4.1
  Industrialization & labor
  9 min · Quick check
2. 4.2
  Immigration & the Gilded Age
  8 min · Quick check
3. 4.3
  The West & Populism
  8 min · Quick check
05
Chapter 5 · 3 lessons
Modern America
1. 5.1
  Progressivism
  8 min · Quick check
2. 5.2
  World War I & the Twenties
  9 min · Quick check
3. 5.3
  Depression & New Deal
  8 min · Quick check
06
Chapter 6 · 3 lessons
The American Century
1. 6.1
  World War II
  9 min · Quick check
2. 6.2
  The Cold War & civil rights
  9 min · Quick check
3. 6.3
  America since 1968
  8 min · Quick check

United States History

How this course works

Every chapter and lesson

Colonial America

Indigenous peoples & contact

Colonial settlement

Toward revolution

A New Nation

The Revolution

The Constitution & early republic

Jefferson to Jackson

Division & Civil War

Expansion & slavery

The Civil War

Reconstruction

Industrial America

Industrialization & labor

Immigration & the Gilded Age

The West & Populism

Modern America

Progressivism

World War I & the Twenties

Depression & New Deal

The American Century

World War II

The Cold War & civil rights

America since 1968

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