Library of Congress Classification:Class E -- History of America
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- 11-143..........AmericaAmericasThe Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...
- 11-29..........General
- 29..........Elements in the population
- 31-49.2..........North AmericaNorth AmericaNorth America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
- 51-73..........Pre-Columbian America. The Indians
- 75-99..........Indians of North America
- 81-83..........Indian wars
- 99..........Indian tribes and cultures
- 101-135..........Discovery of America and early explorations
- 103-110..........Pre-Columbian period
- 111-120..........ColumbusChristopher ColumbusChristopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the...
- 121-135..........Post-Columbian period. El DoradoEl DoradoEl Dorado is the name of a Muisca tribal chief who covered himself with gold dust and, as an initiation rite, dived into a highland lake.Later it became the name of a legendary "Lost City of Gold" that has fascinated – and so far eluded – explorers since the days of the Spanish Conquistadors...
- 141-143..........Descriptive accounts of America. Earliest to 1810
- 11-29..........General
- 151-904..........United States
- 151-169.12..........General
- 171-183.9..........History
- 171-180..........General
- 173..........Sources and documents
- 175-175.7..........Historiography
- 176-176.8..........Biography
- 179.5..........Historical geography
- 181..........Military history
- 182..........Naval history
- 183-183.3..........Political history
- 183.7-183.9..........Diplomatic history. Foreign and general relations.
- 183.8..........Relations with individual countries
- 171-180..........General
- 184-185.98..........Elements in the population
- 184.5-185.98..........Afro-Americans
- 185.2-185.89..........Status and development since emancipation
- 185.96-185.98..........Biography. Genealogy
- 184.5-185.98..........Afro-Americans
- 186-199..........Colonial history (1607-1775)
- 186-189..........General
- 191-199..........By period
- 191..........1607-1689
- 195-199..........1689-1775
- 196..........King William's WarKing William's WarThe first of the French and Indian Wars, King William's War was the name used in the English colonies in America to refer to the North American theater of the Nine Years' War...
, 1689-1697 - 197..........Queen Anne's WarQueen Anne's WarQueen Anne's War , as the North American theater of the War of the Spanish Succession was known in the British colonies, was the second in a series of French and Indian Wars fought between France and England, later Great Britain, in North America for control of the continent. The War of the...
, 1702-1713 - 198..........King George's WarKing George's WarKing George's War is the name given to the operations in North America that formed part of the War of the Austrian Succession . It was the third of the four French and Indian Wars. It took place primarily in the British provinces of New York, Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, and Nova Scotia...
, 1744-1748 - 199..........French and Indian WarFrench and Indian WarThe French and Indian War is the common American name for the war between Great Britain and France in North America from 1754 to 1763. In 1756, the war erupted into the world-wide conflict known as the Seven Years' War and thus came to be regarded as the North American theater of that war...
, 1755-1763
- 196..........King William's War
- 201-298..........The RevolutionAmerican RevolutionThe American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America...
, 1775-1783 - 300-453..........Revolution to the Civil WarAmerican Civil WarThe American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
, 1775/1783-1861- 300-302.6..........General
- 302..........Collected works of American statemen
- 302.1..........Political history
- 302.5-302.6..........Biography (Late eighteenth century)
- 303-440.5..........By period
- 303-309..........1775-1789. The Confederation, 1783-1789
- 310-337..........1789-1809. Constitutional period
- 310.7..........Diplomatic history. Foreign and general relations
- 311-320..........WashingtonGeorge WashingtonGeorge Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...
's administrations, 1789-1797 - 321-330..........John AdamsJohn AdamsJohn Adams was an American lawyer, statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second President of the United States...
' administration, 1797-1801- 323..........Troubles with France, 1796-1800
- 331-337..........JeffersonThomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia...
's administrations, 1801-1809- 333..........Purchase of Louisiana, 1803
- 335..........War with Tripoli, 1801-1805
- 336-336.5..........Neutral trade and its restrictions, 1800-1810
- 337.5..........Nineteenth century (General)
- 337.8-400..........Early nineteenth century, 1801/1809-1845
- 337.8-340..........General
- 337.8..........Collected works of American statesmen
- 339-340..........Biography
- 341-370..........Madison'sJames MadisonJames Madison, Jr. was an American statesman and political theorist. He was the fourth President of the United States and is hailed as the “Father of the Constitution” for being the primary author of the United States Constitution and at first an opponent of, and then a key author of the United...
administrations, 1809-1817- 351.5-364.9..........War of 1812
- 365..........War with Algeria, 1815
- 371-375..........Monroe's administrations, 1817-1825
- 373..........Missouri Compromise, 1820
- 374..........Diplomatic history. Foreign relations
- 376-380..........John Quincy AdamsJohn Quincy AdamsJohn Quincy Adams was the sixth President of the United States . He served as an American diplomat, Senator, and Congressional representative. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. Adams was the son of former...
' administration, 1825-1829 - 381-385..........Jackson's administrations, 1829-1837
- 384.3..........Nullification
- 386-390..........Van Buren's administration, 1837-1841
- 391-392..........William H. Harrison's administration, March 4-April 4, 1841
- 396-400..........Tyler's administration, April 4, 1841-1845
- 398..........Northeastern boundary disputes, 1783-1845
- 337.8-340..........General
- 401-415.2..........Mexican-American War, 1846-1848
- 408..........Mexican cessions of 1848
- 415.6-440.5..........Middle nineteenth century, 1845/1848-1861
- 415.6-415.9..........General
- 415.6..........Collected works of American statesmen
- 415.8-415.9..........Biography
- 416-420..........Polk's administration, 1845-1849
- 421-423..........Taylor's administiration, 1849-July 9, 1850
- 423..........Slavery question, 1849-1853
- 426-430..........Fillmore's administration, July 9, 1850-1853
- 431-435..........Pierce's administration, 1853-1857
- 433..........Slavery question, 1853-1857
- 436-440.5..........Buchanan's administration, 1857-1861
- 438..........Slavery question, 1857-1861
- 440.5..........State of the country, November 1860-March 4, 1861
- 415.6-415.9..........General
- 441-453..........Slavery in the United States. Antislavery movements
- 300-302.6..........General
- 456-655..........Civil WarOutline of the American Civil WarThe following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the American Civil War:American Civil War – civil war in the United States of America that lasted from 1861 to 1865...
period, 1861-1865- 456-459..........Lincoln's administrations, 1861-April 15, 1865
- 461-655..........The Civil War, 1861-1865
- 482-489..........Confederate States of America
- 491-586..........Armies. Troops
- 591-600..........Naval history
- 660-738..........Late nineteenth century, 1865-1900
- 660-664..........General
- 660..........Collected works of American statesmen
- 661.7..........Diplomatic history. Foreign and general relations
- 663-664..........Biography
- 666-670..........Johnson's administration, April 15, 1865-1869
- 668..........Reconstruction, 1865-1877
- 669..........Purchase of Alaska, 1867
- 671-680..........Grant's administrations, 1869-1877
- 681-685..........Hayes's administration, 1877-1881
- 686-687.9..........Garfield's administration, March 4-September 19, 1881
- 691-695..........Arthur's administration, September 19, 1881-1885
- 696-700..........Cleveland's first administration, 1885-1889
- 701-705..........Benjamin Harrison's administration, 1889-1893
- 706-710..........Cleveland's second administration, 1893-1897
- 711-738..........McKinley's first administration, 1897-1901
- 713..........Annexation in 1898 of HawaiiHawaiiHawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
, the PhilippinesPhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
, and Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an... - 714-735..........War of 1898 (Spanish-American War)
- 713..........Annexation in 1898 of Hawaii
- 660-664..........General
- 740-837.7..........Twentieth century
- 740-749..........General
- 740.5..........Sources and documents
- 742.5..........Collected works of American statesmen
- 743-743.5..........Political history
- 743.5..........Un-American activities
- 744-744.5..........Diplomatic history. Foreign and general relations
- 745..........Military history
- 746..........Naval history
- 747-748..........Biography
- 751..........McKinley's second administration, March 4-September 14, 1901
- 756-760..........Theodore Roosevelt's administrations, September 14, 1901-1909
- 761-765..........Taft's administration, 1909-1913
- 766-783..........Wilson's administrations, 1913-1921
- 768..........Purchase of Danish West Indies (Virgin Islands), 1917
- 780..........Internal history during World War I
- 784-805..........1919-1933. Harding-Coolidge-Hoover era. "The twenties"
- 785-786..........Harding's administration, 1921-August 2, 1923
- 791-796..........Coolidge's administration, August 2, 1923-1929
- 801-805..........Hoover's administration, 1919-1933
- 806-812..........Franklin Delano Roosevelt's administrations, 1933-April 12, 1945
- 813-816..........Truman's administrations, April 12, 1945-1953
- 835-837.7..........Eisenhower's administrations, 1953-1961
- 740-749..........General
- 838-889..........Later twentieth century, 1961-
- 838-840.8..........General
- 838.3..........Sources and documents
- 839.5-839.8..........Political history
- 839.8..........Un-American activities
- 840-840.2..........Diplomatic history. Foreign and general relations
- 840.6-840.8..........Biography (General)
- 841-843..........Kennedy's administration, 1961-November 22, 1963
- 842.9..........Assassination, funeral, memorial services, etc.
- 846-851..........Johnson's administrations, November 22, 1963-1969
- 855-861..........NixonRichard NixonRichard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...
's administrations, 1969-August 9, 1974- 860-861..........Watergate Affair. Resignation
- 865-868..........FordGerald FordGerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974...
's administration, August 9, 1974-1977 - 872-875..........CarterJimmy CarterJames Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...
's administration, 1977-1981 - 876-880..........ReaganRonald ReaganRonald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
's administrations, 1981-1989- 877.3..........Assassination attempt
- 881-884..........George H. W. BushGeorge H. W. BushGeorge Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...
's administration, 1989-1993 - 885-889..........ClintonBill ClintonWilliam Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
administration, 1993-2001
- 838-840.8..........General
- 895-904..........Twenty-first century
- 902-904..........George W. BushGeorge W. BushGeorge Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
's administration, 2001-2009 - 907-909..........Barack ObamaBarack ObamaBarack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
's administration, 2009-
- 902-904..........George W. Bush