American History (ABC-Clio) This link opens in a new windowTime periods explored include 1350-1760 Exploration and Colonization, 1754-1783 Revolutionary Era, 1776-1800 A New Nation, 1790-1850 Expansion and Reform, 1840-1877 Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850-1900 Industrialization and Immigration, 1870-1920 Gilded Age to World War 1, 1920-1939 Great Depression to the New Deal, 1939-1960 World War 2 and the Cold War Era, 1939-1960, 1954-1975 A Nation in Upheaval, 1975-2000 Conservative Agenda to the Clinton Era, 2001-Present Globalization.