America: History of Our Nation — Lessons, Skills & Practice | Pengi

America: History of Our Nation is a Grade 8 United States history textbook published by Pearson/Prentice Hall that provides a comprehensive survey of American history from prehistoric Native peoples and early European exploration through the challenges of the early 21st century. The textbook covers major eras and events including colonial settlement, the American Revolution, the founding of the Constitution, westward expansion, the Civil War and Reconstruction, industrialization, both World Wars, the Great Depression, the Cold War, and the Civil Rights Movement. It is designed to give eighth-grade students a chronological understanding of how the United States developed politically, economically, and socially across more than five centuries of history.

America: History of Our Nation covers 16 chapters and 65 lessons on Pengi.

America: History of Our Nation textbook table of contents

Chapter 1: Roots of the American People (Prehistory-1500)

Chapter 2: Europe Looks Outward (1000-1720)

Chapter 3: Colonies Take Root (1587-1752)

Chapter 4: Life in the Colonies (1650-1750)

Chapter 5: The Road to Revolution (1745-1776)

Chapter 6: The American Revolution (1776-1783)

Chapter 7: Creating the Constitution (1776-1790)

Chapter 8: Launching a New Nation (1789-1800)

Chapter 9: The Era of Thomas Jefferson (1800-1815)

Chapter 10: A Changing Nation (1815-1840)

Chapter 11: The North and South Take Different Paths (1800-1845)

Chapter 12: An Age of Reform (1820-1860)

Chapter 13: Westward Expansion (1820-1860)

Chapter 14: The Nation Divided (1846-1861)

Chapter 15: The Civil War (1861-1865)

Chapter 16: Reconstruction and the New South (1863-1896)

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