United States History, To 1877 (Barron's College Review Series. History)

Excellent summaries of facts, important names and dates, plus extensive reading lists and timelines. The first volume begins with English colonization of North America and extends to the Civil War and the Reconstruction era. The second volume surveys the late-nineteenth-century industrial growth in America, the twentieth century development of the U.S. as a world power, and contemporary economic, social, racial, and cultural issues.