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History of the United States I

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College · CLEP History of the United States I · Certificate availableThe History of the United States I certificate badge

820 lessons 7.4h runtime 17 units 900 links between lessons Test yourself · 17 quizzes, a mid exam, and a final
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Begin with Unit 1: The Americas, Europe, and West Africa Before 1492. It sets the foundation for everything that follows.

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Unit 1: The Americas, Europe, and West Africa Before 1492 28 lessons, 1 lecture part
Lecture: Watch · 27:08
Unit 2: Early Globalization: The Atlantic World, 1492–1650 32 lessons, 1 lecture part
Lecture: Watch · 30:26
Unit 3: Creating New Social Orders: Colonial Societies, 1500–1700 40 lessons, 2 lecture parts
Lecture: Part 1 · 24:37 Part 2 · 19:51
Unit 4: Rule Britannia! The English Empire, 1660–1763 36 lessons, 2 lecture parts
Lecture: Part 1 · 21:05 Part 2 · 19:15
Unit 5: Imperial Reforms and Colonial Protest, 1763–1774 34 lessons, 2 lecture parts
Lecture: Part 1 · 19:56 Part 2 · 18:47
Unit 6: America's War for Independence, 1775–1783 34 lessons, 2 lecture parts
Lecture: Part 1 · 20:15 Part 2 · 21:22
Unit 7: Creating Republican Governments, 1776–1790 30 lessons, 1 lecture part
Lecture: Watch · 31:51
Unit 8: Growing Pains: The New Republic, 1790–1820 58 lessons, 2 lecture parts
Lecture: Part 1 · 33:45 Part 2 · 32:04
Unit 9: Industrial Transformation in the North, 1800–1850 56 lessons, 2 lecture parts
Lecture: Part 1 · 34:31 Part 2 · 29:32
Unit 10: Jacksonian Democracy, 1820–1840 62 lessons, 3 lecture parts
Lecture: Part 1 · 27:50 Part 2 · 27:20 Part 3 · 21:33
Unit 11: A Nation on the Move: Westward Expansion, 1800s 64 lessons, 3 lecture parts
Lecture: Part 1 · 26:45 Part 2 · 25:05 Part 3 · 25:37
Unit 12: Cotton is King: The Antebellum South, 1800–1860 68 lessons, 3 lecture parts
Lecture: Part 1 · 32:46 Part 2 · 29:08 Part 3 · 28:39
Unit 13: Antebellum Idealism and Reform Impulses, 1820s–1850s 62 lessons, 3 lecture parts
Lecture: Part 1 · 29:37 Part 2 · 27:44 Part 3 · 28:41
Unit 14: Troubled Times: The Sectional Crisis, 1850–1861 62 lessons, 3 lecture parts
Lecture: Part 1 · 31:52 Part 2 · 29:34 Part 3 · 27:20
Unit 15: The Civil War, 1860–1865 60 lessons, 3 lecture parts
Lecture: Part 1 · 29:37 Part 2 · 29:09 Part 3 · 29:17
Unit 16: The Era of Reconstruction, 1865–1877 54 lessons, 3 lecture parts
Lecture: Part 1 · 30:42 Part 2 · 25:16 Part 3 · 27:03
Unit 17: Capstone: The Four Cross-Cutting Themes 40 lessons, 2 lecture parts
Lecture: Part 1 · 34:14 Part 2 · 34:43

Who this subject is for

  • Students preparing for the CLEP History of the United States I exam
  • History and social science students
  • Education majors
  • Adult learners finishing a degree
  • Homeschool students
  • Anyone who wants early American history in order

Why History of the United States I matters

The period from colonization to Reconstruction set the terms of most later American debates. It prepares you for:

  • History of the United States II
  • American government
  • Constitutional history
  • American literature

Time to complete

of lessons (820, measured)
7.4 h
of lectures (38)
17.4 h
learning hours on the certificate, with quizzes and the final
31.5 h

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