Regional Outline for



Regional Outline for the United States of America

| |8000 – 600 CE |600 – 1450 CE |1450-1750 CE |1750 – 1914 CE |1914 - Present |

|Politics |Decentralized tribes and villages led|Decentralized tribes and villages led|Exploration/Colonization by mostly |Emergence of England as preeminent |Cold War (world = ideological |

| |of chiefs |of chiefs |northern European nations (France, |colonial power(American Revolution = |battlefield b/w USSR and US)( ‘Police |

| | | |England, Dutch) |1776 (Confederation( more centralized|officer/Peace negotiator of the world’ |

| | | |-English colonial politics based on |presidential democracy)( Civil War | |

| | | |strong local government | | |

|Economy |Highly localized agriculture |Even though less so economy is still |Incorporation into global trading |1800s = Initial industrialization of |Interwar Period = Great Depression |

| | |rather localized agriculture |network Beginning of Columbian |textile( full fledged |(protectionism)(Rebuilding after |

| | | |Exchange (African slaves to southern |industrialization |WWII(Economic globalization |

| | | |plantation, etc) |-Tech spurred improvement of infra | |

|Social Class/Gender |(Most likely) Patriarchal |Patriarchal |Now, based on European social system:|Racism among peoples, particularly |Acceleration of women’s rights |

| | | |patriarchal |toward African Americans |(suffrage, divorce, economic rights, |

| | | | |-Industrialization = women’s rights |Feminism)( Greater civil liberties |

| | | | |slowly ^ |(Civil Rights Movt) |

|Science/Inventions |For the most part, behind the rest of|Still behind for the same reasons |Huge one-way technological diffusion |Tech spurred improvement in |Various tech that improved econ; |

| |the world (Cause: geographical |(Some astrological technology |to Native Americans from Europeans |infrastructure (rail) |Military weaponry Physics (A-bomb) |

| |location = independent invention) |diffused from Mesoamerica) | |-Industrialization = new technology |(Einstein), Rocketry (Space race), |

| | | | | |Computer (Internet |

|Art/Architecture |Architecture: Crude, natural |Moundbuilders of North America |European based art (paintings, |American regionalism, expressionalism|Architecture = steel ( larger building |

| |materials for basic shelter |(current day Mississippi area) |engravings) and architecture |(Hopper, Rockwell), and |Art( New, independent form of American |

| |Art: If any, probably based on nature| | |abstractionism (O’Keefe, Dove, |writing, movies, art, etc |

| | | | |Burchefield) | |

|Empire |N/A |N/A |European colonial empires (biggest = |Expansionist domestic policy |WWI(WWII (expansion b/c of conflict w/ |

| | | |New England) |(expansion into West);Isolationist |Axis)(Cold War (world = ideological |

| | | | |foreign policy((Hesitant to enter |battlefield b/w USSR and US)( ‘Police |

| | | | |WWI)(Spanish Am. War=the US Empire |officer/Peace negotiator of the world’ |

| | | | |(Monroe Doctrine) | |

|Religion |Most likely, animism |Animism |New religion/ religious fervor |Christianity = prominent religion( |Christianity still dominant( Spread of |

| | | |(Pilgrims) / conversion |Introduction of new religions/beliefs|other religions by immigrants |

| | | |(missionaries) |by immigrants (Judaism) | |

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