Volume One of the 299-page Core Knowledge History of the United States covers events from the Precolonial Period to the 1800s.

The second volume of the Core Knowledge History of the United States ebook begins by asking young scholars to consider the impact immigration, industrialization, and urbanization had on the United States in the late 1800s. The text ends...

True passion can drive you mad. Stephen Dedalus, the main character in James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man straddles many lines, including those between sanity and insanity, piety and sin, and individuality...

A student reader shares information about the history of slavery, the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln, women's contributions to the war, the Emancipation Proclamation, and reconstruction.

Many consider Les Miserables to be one of the greatest novels ever written. An eBook version of Les Miserables by Victor Hugo contains the entire text, translated from the original French. Each section is organized into books...

A 48-page Student Reader focuses on the Civil War. Scholars gain information from a text that explores when, why, and where the Civil War occurred, as well as important people such as Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Tubman, Abraham...

An informative resource provides a textbook on American government that covers topics such as the definition of government and how democracy works. Each section provides brief questions at the end to assess scholars' understanding. 

Examines the conditions that fostered the rise of Fascism and Nazism, the events during the lead-up to the outbreak of war, and what Roosevelt did to help affected nations yet still keep the United States neutral.

Explores the relationship of the United States and Bolivia during the 1980s concentrating mostly on the narcotics industry and their joint fight in the drug wars.

This section of a chapter on "The Antebellum South" discusses the similarities and differences in the lives of slaves and free blacks and describes the independent culture and customs that slaves developed.

By reading this section of a chapter on "The New Republic", students will be able to describe the causes and consequences of the War of 1812, identify the important events of the War of 1812, and explain their significance.

"History of the United States", written circa 1919 by Josephine Pollard, has been digitized and made available by the Rosetta Project. This 85 page book is appropriate for advanced readers.

This is the first chapter of a book on military history. It describes how the United States developed its policy of hemispheric defense between 1938 and 1941. The policy was designed to protect the Western Hemisphere from attack by...

Details what America did to prepare and execute its entry into World War I, and how the government used propaganda to win public support for the war effort.

A 20-chapter book on the history of Nazi Germany over the course of the Second World War.

Chapter 19 of a report on the energy industry in Texas. It looks at hydroelectric power, its history, and how it is used. Hydropower in Texas is described, its economic impact, how it is produced and its availability. The costs and...

Chapter 11 of a report on the energy industry in Texas. It looks at wind energy, its history, and how it is used. The wind power industry in Texas is described, its economic importance, how it is produced and transmitted, and its...

By reading this section of a chapter on "Westward Expansion," students will be able to describe the terms of the Wilmot Proviso and the Compromise of 1850, discuss why the Free-Soil Party objected to the westward expansion of slavery and...

Brief description on American General James Wilkinson (1757-1825) is offered from the United States Army Center of Military History mentioning his service in the War of 1812.

This article provides background biographical information on William Few, one of the delegates from Georgia to the Constitutional Convention, and who later served as a United States Senator.

The foreign policy of Woodrow Wilson is explained, and how he tried to keep America neutral at the start of World War I yet intervened in international affairs in the Western Hemisphere. The reasons America declared war on Germany in...

This article lays out the probable founding of the city of Rome, rather than the legendary one. Three tribes, occupying three different hills, make an alliance and unite as one city-state, eventually becoming the city of Rome.

The Republicans did not conquer their first election in the House in the 1792 election. Foreign affairs of the United States with both France and England hindered the success of the Republicans. This is explained in Chapter 7 from...

An electronic version of From Bullets to Ballots: The Election of 1800 and the First Peaceful Transfer of Political Power by John Zvesper. The text presents the beginning of the United States government system.