The U.S. History course covers the Early British Colonies up to the 21st Century Some of the objectives are as follows: There will also be heavy emphasis on the end of course STAAR Test. English settlement at Jamestown Colonial Resistance to British Taxation The Declaration of Independence The Revolutionary War The Articles of Confederation The U.S. Constitution The War of 1812 Manifest Destiny Mexican American War The U.S. Civil War Reconstruction and Its Effects Farmers and the Populist Movement Big Business and Labor The Gilded Age The Origins of Progressivism Spanish-American War Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal World War I The Great Depression World War II The Korean War The Cold War The Vietnam War The Civil Rights Movement The Great Society Watergate Carter, Ford, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, September 11, 2001 Barack Obama