The United States of America is located in the middle of the North American continent with Canada to the north and Mexico to the south.

The USA extends to the Atlantic Ocean and the nation’s east coast to the Pacific Ocean in the west.

The USA includes the state of Hawaii a series of islands located in the pacific and a state of Alaska in the North-Western part of the continent.

The first known inhabitants of the modern state of the USA are believed to have arrived over a period of several thousand years beginning from around 50,000 years ago by crossing Beringea into Alaska.

It is quite known that it was Christopher Columbus and his men who first discovered the USA in 1493.

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Novelty Iron works, Foot of 12th St. E.R. New York. Stillman, Allen & Co., Iron Founders, Steam Engine and General Machinery Manufacturers, 1841-44. Artist George Endicott. (Photo by Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images)

Topic Four: American Industrialization, 1865 – 1900

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The development of the United States into an industrial giant commenced shortly after the American Civil War. In fact, the period could be appropriately dated to the years 1869-1899. Thus,…

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cr: History Central... After his victory at Vera Cruz Scott advanced with his army towards Mexico City. Blocking him was Santa Ana with 20,000 troops. Santa Ana attempted to block Scott at the pass at Cerra Gordo. Thanks to a successful scouting mission by Captain Robert E Lee, the American forces were able to outflank Santa Ana, and force his troops to withdraw.

Topic Three: Social and Political Development in the South in the Period of the Reconstruction Programme

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The reconstruction programme that was inaugurated at the end of the civil war had far-reaching implications for both blacks and whites. In the south, there developed two groups, which were…

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Topic Two: The Era of Reconstruction 1865 – 1877

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There were two conflicting reconstruction programmes after the American civil war. These were: (1). The Presidential Conservative or Lincoln Reconstruction Programme and (2). The Radical or Congressional Reconstruction Programme. The…

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