Track B — the whole story, in order

Pairs with Movement One of Track A.

1. Native American societies before contact› Read the notes
2. Origins of European exploration in the Americas› Read the notes
3. Christopher Columbus› Read the notes
4. Consequences of Columbus’s voyage on the Taínos and Europe› Read the notes
5. The Columbian Exchange› Read the notes
6. Spanish colonization› Read the notes
7. Comparing European and Native American cultures› Read the notes

Pairs with Movements One–Two.

1. French and Dutch colonization› Read the notes
2. England in the Age of Exploration› Read the notes
3. Motivations for English colonization› Read the notes
4. The Lost Colony of Roanoke, part 1› Read the notes
5. The Lost Colony of Roanoke, part 2› Read the notes
6. Early English settlements — Jamestown› Read the notes
7. John Smith and Pocahontas› Read the notes
8. The impact of tobacco› Read the notes
9. Life and labor in the Chesapeake› Read the notes
10. Bacon’s Rebellion› Read the notes
11. Society and religion in the New England colonies› Read the notes
12. Politics and indigenous relations in New England› Read the notes
13. The Middle colonies› Read the notes
14. Bridge reading The West Indies and the Southern colonies› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
15. Bridge reading Transatlantic trade and the Navigation Acts› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
16. Slavery in the British colonies› Read the notes
17. Supplement video The Enlightenment: five thinkers› Read the notes — not on the Khan playlist
18. Bridge reading The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
19. Developing an American colonial identity› Read the notes

Pairs with Movement Two.

1. The Seven Years’ War, part 1› Read the notes
2. The Seven Years’ War, part 2› Read the notes
3. Bridge reading Taxation without representation› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
4. The Declaration of Independence› Read the notes
5. Bridge reading The Revolutionary War› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
6. Social consequences of revolutionary ideals› Read the notes
7. The Articles of Confederation› Read the notes
8. The Constitutional Convention› Read the notes
9. Constitutional compromises: the Electoral College› Read the notes
10. Constitutional compromises: the Three-Fifths Compromise› Read the notes
11. The U.S. Constitution› Read the notes
12. Bridge reading Ratification and the Bill of Rights› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
13. Supplement Why was George Washington the first president?› Read the notes — not on the AP playlist
14. Bridge reading Shaping a New Republic› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
15. Supplement Latin American Independence movements› Read the notes — find the video on Khan Academy
16. Bridge reading An American identity, and the shape of Period 3› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap

Pairs with Movement Three.

1. Bridge reading The Jeffersonian Republic› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
2. The Monroe Doctrine› Read the notes
3. Bridge reading John Quincy Adams and America on the world stage› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
4. The Market Revolution, part 1: industrialization› Read the notes
5. The Market Revolution, part 2: transportation and communication› Read the notes
6. The Market Revolution, part 3: society and consequences› Read the notes
7. Bridge reading Immigration in the early 1800s› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
8. Jacksonian Democracy, part 1: the expansion of voting› Read the notes
9. Jacksonian Democracy, part 2: the election of 1824› Read the notes
10. Jacksonian Democracy, part 3: the election of 1828› Read the notes
11. Jacksonian Democracy, part 4: Jackson in power› Read the notes
12. Bridge reading Tariffs, states’ rights, and the Nullification Crisis› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
13. The Second Great Awakening, part 1: origins and ideas› Read the notes
14. The Second Great Awakening, part 2: the Market Revolution’s role› Read the notes
15. The Second Great Awakening, part 3: reform and religious movements› Read the notes
16. The early Temperance movement, part 1: origins› Read the notes
17. The early Temperance movement, part 2: spread and decline› Read the notes
18. Bridge reading An age of reform: women’s rights and Seneca Falls› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
19. Bridge reading American culture and transcendentalism› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
20. Bridge reading African Americans and the society of the South› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
21. Developing an American identity, 1800–1848› Read the notes

Pairs with Movements Four–Five.

1. Sectional Conflict: Regional Differences› Read the notes
2. Manifest Destiny› Read the notes
3. The Mexican-American War› Read the notes
4. Slavery and the Missouri Compromise› Read the notes
5. Increasing Political Battles over Slavery› Read the notes
6. Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Part 1› Read the notes
7. Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Part 2› Read the notes
8. Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Part 3› Read the notes
9. Bridge reading Kansas-Nebraska and Bleeding Kansas› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
10. Dred Scott v. Sandford› Read the notes
11. Start of the Civil War› Read the notes
12. Strategy of the Civil War› Read the notes
13. Early Phases of the Civil War and Antietam› Read the notes
14. Antietam, Part 2› Read the notes
15. The Emancipation Proclamation› Read the notes
16. Bridge reading Government Policies During the Civil War› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
17. Gettysburg› Read the notes
18. The Gettysburg Address, Part 1› Read the notes
19. The Gettysburg Address, Part 2› Read the notes
20. Later Stages of the Civil War, Part 1› Read the notes
21. Later Stages of the Civil War, Part 2› Read the notes
22. Later Stages of the Civil War, Part 3› Read the notes
23. Big Takeaways from the Civil War› Read the notes
24. The Reconstruction Amendments: Overview & the 13th› Read the notes
25. Bridge reading The Politics of Reconstruction› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
26. The 14th Amendment› Read the notes
27. The 15th Amendment› Read the notes
28. Bridge reading The Overthrow of Reconstruction› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
29. The Failure of Reconstruction› Read the notes
30. Plessy v. Ferguson› Read the notes
31. Comparing the Effects of the Civil War on American National Identity› Read the notes

Pairs with Movement Five.

1. The Gilded Age, Part 1› Read the notes
2. The Gilded Age, Part 2› Read the notes
3. Bridge reading Westward Expansion: Economic Development› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
4. Westward Expansion: Social and Cultural Development› Read the notes
5. Jim Crow, Part 1› Read the notes
6. Jim Crow, Part 2› Read the notes
7. Jim Crow, Part 3› Read the notes
8. Jim Crow, Part 4› Read the notes
9. Bridge reading Technological Innovation› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
10. Bridge reading The Rise of Industrial Capitalism› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
11. Bridge reading Labor in the Gilded Age› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
12. Immigration and Migration in the Gilded Age› Read the notes
13. Bridge reading Responses to Immigration› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
14. Bridge reading Development of the Middle Class› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
15. Darwinism vs. Social Darwinism, Part 1› Read the notes
16. Darwinism vs. Social Darwinism, Part 2› Read the notes
17. Bridge reading Politics in the Gilded Age› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
18. Reform in the Gilded Age› Read the notes
19. Continuity and Change in the Gilded Age› Read the notes

Pairs with Movement Six.

1. Shaping American National Identity, 1890–1945› Read the notes
2. The Age of Empire› Read the notes
3. Bridge reading The Spanish-American War & the Debate over Empire› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
4. The Progressives› Read the notes
5. Bridge reading The Progressive Era: Muckrakers, Roosevelt & the Wild› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
6. Bridge reading Votes for Women: The Nineteenth Amendment› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
7. The United States Enters World War I› Read the notes — 3 videos, watch in order
8. World War I: The Home Front› Read the notes
9. Making the Peace: The Fourteen Points & Versailles› Read the notes — 3 videos, watch in order
10. Bridge reading Immigration and the Great Migration› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
11. The 1920s: Urbanization and Immigration› Read the notes
12. Bridge reading The Roaring Twenties: Culture, Technology & the New Woman› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
13. Bridge reading The Harlem Renaissance› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
14. Supplement A Walk Through Virtual Harlem› Read the notes — not on the Khan playlist — video demo
15. Bridge reading Reaction: The Klan, Prohibition & 1920s Politics› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
16. Supplement The Crash of 1929› Read the notes — not on the Khan playlist — watch from 40:00
17. Supplement Stormy Weather: The Depression & the New Deal› Read the notes — not on the Khan playlist
18. Supplement The Flint Sit-Down Strike› Read the notes — not on the Khan playlist
19. Bridge reading Mexican Repatriation: The Deportation of Citizens› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
20. Bridge reading The Legacy of the New Deal› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
21. Bridge reading Interwar Foreign Policy: The Retreat into Isolation› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
22. The World Goes to War, 1939–1941› Read the notes — 3 videos, watch in order
23. The European Theater, 1942–1945› Read the notes — 4 videos, watch in order
24. The Pacific Theater, 1942–1945› Read the notes — 3 videos, watch in order
25. Bridge reading The Home Front at War› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
26. Bridge reading Japanese American Incarceration› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
27. Bridge reading The Manhattan Project and the Atomic Bomb› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
28. Bridge reading Postwar Diplomacy: Yalta, Potsdam & the Coming Cold War› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap

Pairs with Movements Six–Seven.

1. Origins of the Cold War› Read the notes
2. Supplement Communism — A Concept Primer› Read the notes — Khan World History course — concept primer
3. Bridge reading Drawing the Lines› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
4. Korean War Overview› Read the notes — Khan World History course
5. Bridge reading The Affluent Society and Its Fault Lines› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
6. Bridge reading The Movement Takes Shape› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
7. Bridge reading The Brink and the Globe› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
8. Supplement The Bay of Pigs Invasion› Read the notes — Khan World History course
9. Supplement The Cuban Missile Crisis› Read the notes — Khan World History course
10. Bridge reading The Liberal Hour› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
11. Bridge reading From Protest to Power, and Outward› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
12. The Vietnam War› Read the notes — Khan World History course
13. Bridge reading 1968: The Center Comes Apart› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
14. Bridge reading The Long Seventies› the playlist skips this — the reading fills the gap
15. Continuity and Change in the Postwar Era› Read the notes — the capstone; watch last

Pairs with Movement Seven.

1. Bridge reading The Reagan Revolution› the reading for this part of the story
2. Bridge reading The Cold War Ends› the reading for this part of the story
3. Bridge reading The Globalized Economy› the reading for this part of the story
4. Bridge reading The Nineties› the reading for this part of the story
5. Bridge reading September 11 and the War on Terror› the reading for this part of the story
6. Bridge reading The Long Twenty-First Century› the reading for this part of the story
7. Causation from 1980 to 2020› Read the notes — the course capstone
8. Supplement America’s Global Legacy at 250› Read the notes — PBS News · the talk starts ~1:52 in
9. Bridge reading The Constitution on Trial› the reading for this part of the story
10. Bridge reading The Unfinished Argument› the reading — the final step of the course

Going Deeper — optional viewing, not counted above. The first two entries of a future companion to The Century: America’s Time.

• Going Deeper The Century: 1981–1989 — A New World› Viewing guide — optional · ~42 min
• Going Deeper The Century: The 90s and Beyond — Then and Now› Viewing guide — optional · ~42 min