The 10 Eras of
United States History
• Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to
1620)
• Colonization & Settlement
(1585-1763)
• Revolution & the New Nation
(1754-1820s)
• Expansion and Reform(1801-1861)
• Civil War & Reconstruction
(1850-1877)
• The Development of the Industrial United
States (1870-1900)
• The Emergence of Modern America
(1890-1930)
• The Great Depression & World War
II(1929-1945)
• Postwar United States (1945 to early
1970s)
• Contemporary United States (1968 to the
present)