Section 1: Indigenous societies and cultures in the Americas (c750–1500)

Section 2: European explorations and conquests in the Americas (c1492–c1600)

Section 3: Colonial government in the New World (1500–1800)

Section 4: Religion in the New World (1500–1800)

Section 5: Slavery and the New World (1500–1800)

Section 6: Independence Movements (1763–1830)

Section 7: Nation-building and Challenges (1780–1870)

Section 8: US Civil War (1840–1877)

Section 9: The Development of Modern Nations (1865–1929)

Section 10: Emergence of the Americas in global affairs (1880–1929)

Section 11: The Mexican Revolution (1884–1940)

Section 12: The Great Depression and the Americas (mid 1920s–1939)

Section 13: The Second World War and the Americas (1933–1945)

Section 14: Political Developments in Latin America (1945–1980)

Section 15: Political developments in the United States (1945–1980) and Canada (1945–1982)

Section 16: The Cold War and the Americas (1945–1981)

Section 17: Civil rights and social movements in the Americas post-1945