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  1. Pride and Prejudice

    18/18The post-Cold War promise of peace evaporates as the 9/11 attacks lead to foreign wars.

  2. Revolution and Democracy

    17/18America's power rises once again in the 1980s as the Iron Curtain crumbles.

  3. Detente and Discontent

    16/18Conservative movements born in America's heartland move to the forefront of public life.

  4. The Impotence of Omnipotence

    15/18Fractious politics at home and the war in Vietnam expose America's weaknesses.

  5. Rights and Riots

    14/18In the 1960s, tensions in American society come bubbling to the surface.

  6. Red or Dead?

    13/18America rebuilds its economy while facing up to Soviet communism.

  7. Boom to Bomb

    12/18The Great Depression, the New Deal, Pearl Harbor and dropping the atomic bomb.

  8. War and Peace

    11/18From the sinking of the Lusitania to entry into the First World War and the years beyond.

  9. Reform to Expansion

    10/18How America reformed its city politics and tried to bring big business to heel.

  10. Capital and Labour

    9/18The rise of big business, the industrialisation of America and the immigration explosion.

  11. White and Black

    8/18The post-Civil War years, when the North attempts to impose racial equality on the South.

  12. North and South

    7/18The years of Civil War: a fight for Southern independence and the end of slavery.

  13. Slave or Free

    6/18As more states are admitted to the Union, the slavery debate reaches a critical point.

  14. East and West

    5/18Thousands move west, while Indian tribes who do not assimilate are forced off their land.

  15. Liberty and Security

    4/18The impact of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars on America.

  16. Independence and Republicanism

    3/18America wins independence and George Washington is inaugurated as its first President.

  17. Empire and Liberties

    2/18Colonists sow the seeds of modern democracy, but slavery is a vital part of the economy.

  18. Land and Peoples

    1/18The story of America's first inhabitants and the impact of European exploration.