1500-1800			1800-1900			1900-2025
	Setting the Stage American success story Land, business, technology			Westward Ho! 1800-1850 Canals, steamships, mills Indian removal, California gold			Empire, Transformation 1890-1910 Spanish-American War Arms race, Wright Brothers Corporations, logging, frontier closed
	Europe and America 1500-1600 Columbus, Spice Islands Age of Discovery			North against South 1850-1870 Cotton, plantation slavery Civil War, South in ruins			Autos, Radios and Jazz 1910-1930 Model T Ford, WWI Bootleggers, black jazz, Harlem white supremecy
	First Colonies 1600-1750 Jamestown, tobacco, Pilgrims Boston merchants, shipping			Early Industry 1850-1870 (part II) Iron, coal, railroads Prairie farming, western mining			Depression and War 1930-1950 Dust Bowl and New Deal Hitler, D-Day, A-bomb Disneyland, suburbia
	Struggle for Freedom 1750-1800 French and Indian War Revolution, independence			Big Steel 1870-1890 Pittsburgh steel, Electricity Resorts, fitness			Modern World 1950-2025 Korea, tailfins, Vietnam, Cold War Space race, missile crisis, Arab oil computers, Soviet collapse, 9/11, Iraq

↑  Global Search #1 (for column above) Age of Discovery, colonies Revolution, independence

↑  Global Search #2 (for column above) Pittsburgh steel, Electricity Resorts, fitness

↑  Global Search #3 (for column above) Cold War, missiles, oil Computers, Soviet collapse

Special Topics

	Maps #1 through the Civil War			Maps #2 after the Civil War			Civilization and Conflict Bronze Age, Persia, Greeece, Rome Vikings, Renaissance, Age of Empire WW1, WW2, Soviets, Terrorists
	Technology #1 through the Civil War			Technology #2 after the Civil War			Ads and Magazines Illustrations, color lithography Scientic American, women's mags creating desire, branding brands, TV

General Notes

Most numbers have been rounded, to make them easier on the eyes, and the brain. (From a broad historical perspective, there is no meaningful difference between 11,237 and 10,000) For the same reason, most date references have also been rounded. Exact dates are only important when determining the precise order in which closely-spaced events occurred. No credits have been included for images gathered from the internet. Many are available in multiple locations, with differing quality and resolution. To get more information on any particular image, try using the 'reverse-image lookup' feature available on Google, and also on Microsoft Edge. Use your eyes, not your brain. The images often provide more information than the accompanying text, which is included mainly as background.