Academic American History

washington Academic American History was created by a teacher historian for use by undergraduate college, community college and high school teachers in delivering online American history courses. The site is also designed for students, including home-schoolers, who need up-to-date history resources. All materials necessary for delivery of online American history courses are available in this collection. The complete course package may be used without charge by any academic institution or individual as long as copyrights are respected. Users should be aware that the course modules are not an objective text, but rather a detailed description of historic events as interepreted by a teaching historian who has been delivering classroom lectures for over 35 years. Thus you will find opinions, conclusions, anecdotes, comparisons and other such components designed to challenge your imagination and your own knowledge. The summaries are based on the writings of distinguished historians as well as original document sources.

The author believes that no historic events described here have been distorted or deliberately misinterpreted, but are presented through the eyes of a historian who realizes that most students will take only one or two courses in history; thus history must be made interesting. He also believes that education is what we have left over after we have forgotten everything that we have learned. Students are strongly discouraged from taking both courses at the same time.

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Site Organization

Academic American is divided into 8 chronological sections starting with the colonial era in 1607.

Colonial Period 1607-1763
Revolutionary War Era 1763-1800
The Jefferson-Jackson Era 1800-1840
The Ante Bellum, Expansion, Civil War Era 1840-1865
The Gilded Age and Reconstruction 1865-1900
Progressivism & America's Rise to World Power 1896-1920
Twenties, Depression, New Deal & World War II 1920-1945
The Post-World War II, Cold War Era 1945-1980

The entire Academic American site may be purchased in print form or downloaded as pdf files—full version or parts—from:

Academic American History
P.O. Box 1397
Lorton, Virginia 22199

Additional site elements:

Introduction to American History
Links to Historic Sites.
Recommended Readings in history and biography.
Recommended textbooks on American history.
Important Information for NVCC Students
Link to NVCC
Page Smith Quotation