GED® Social Studies: U.S. History
U.S. History makes up roughly one-fifth of the GED® Social Studies test. This deep-dive course walks through seven eras -- from Colonial America and the Revolution, through the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Industrial Age, into the World Wars and Civil Rights movement, and up to the present. Every lesson builds the cause-and-effect reasoning and primary-source reading skills the GED® actually tests.
📚 Course Curriculum
[[figure:us_timeline Key dates in American history from colonisation to the present day.]]. Long before 1776, the land that became the United States was home to …
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Armed conflict began in April 1775 at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts. The Second Continental Congress quickly formed a continental army and named George Washington its …
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After 1800, the young United States grew rapidly westward. The Louisiana Purchase (1803) -- when President Thomas Jefferson bought a vast territory from France -- …
Open trial session →After the Civil War, the U.S. faced the enormous task of Reconstruction -- rebuilding the South and defining the rights of four million formerly enslaved …
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The Progressive Era (roughly 1890-1920) was a response to the Gilded Age's excesses. Reformers called 'muckrakers' -- journalists like Upton Sinclair (whose book *The Jungle* …
Open trial session →World War II (1939-1945) began when Nazi Germany invaded Poland. Again the U.S. stayed neutral until Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, …
Open trial session →The last five decades brought sweeping changes to American society, economy, and world role. Key developments since 1970:. Watergate Scandal (1972-1974) -- President Richard Nixon's …
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📝 Practice Questions
30 interactive questions with instant feedback and explanations.
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