A Brief History of the United States
A brief overview of US History for those of us who forgot everything after high school.
Time Periods
A century is a period of 100 years.
21st Century - 2000s
20th Century - 1900s
19th Century - 1800s
18th Century - 1700s
17th Century - 1600s
16th Century - 1500s
15th Century - 1400s
14th Century - 1300s
13th Century - 1200s
12th Century - 1100s
A Brief History of the United States of America
1480s-1865 Transatlantic Slave Trade
1565-1783 Colonial America and the Revolution
1783-1860 The New Nation
1861-1865 The Civil War
1865-1889 Reconstruction and Industrialization
1890-1913 The Progressive Era
1914-1929 World War I and The Roaring Twenties
1929-1940 The Great Depression
1941-1945 World War II
1945-1979 The Modern Era
