US History: Events & Eras worksheets
An era is easier to hold onto as a chain of causes than as a block of dates. These worksheets ask what led to what, in the order it happened, from the colonial period through Reconstruction, industry, the Depression and the Civil Rights Movement.
Topics in this subject
- The Colonial PeriodThe thirteen colonies, why they were founded, how the regions differed, and daily life in each.Grades 4–8
- American Revolution: Causes and EffectsTaxes, protest and the Declaration of Independence — what caused the break with Britain and what followed from it.Grades 4–8
- Westward ExpansionThe Louisiana Purchase, the trails west, the railroad and the cost to Native nations, stated plainly and accurately.Grades 4–8
- Civil War: Causes and EffectsSlavery, states' rights arguments, secession, and what the war settled and left unsettled.Grades 5–8
- ReconstructionThe Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, what Reconstruction attempted, and why it ended.Grades 6–8
- The Industrial RevolutionFactories, immigration, cities, labour conditions and the reforms they produced.Grades 6–8
- The Great DepressionThe 1929 crash, the Dust Bowl, life during the Depression, and what the New Deal did.Grades 5–8
- The Civil Rights MovementSegregation, the key protests and court cases, and the laws that came out of the movement.Grades 4–8
- Timelines and SequencingPutting events from across American history in order and explaining what one made possible.Grades 4–8