Table of Contents; Resource Index; Introduction; Language Skills development; Part 1. Modern Europe, 1750-1921: 1. France, 1774-1814; 2.The Industrial Revolution in Britain, 1750–1850; 3. Liberalism and Nationalism in Germany, 1815–1871; 4. The Russian Revolution, 1894-1921; 5. Preparing for Assessment; Part 2. The History of the USA, 1820–1941: 1. The Origins of the Civil War, 1820–1861; 2. Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861–1877; 3. The Gilded Age and Progressive Era, 1870s-1920 ; 4. The Great Crash, The Depression and the New Deal policies, 1920-1941; 5. Preparing for Assessment; Part 3. International History, 1870–1945: 1. Empire and the emergence of world powers,1870 ? 1919; 2. The League of Nations and international relations in the 1920s; 3. The League of Nations and international relations in the 1930s; 4. China and Japan, 1912–1945; 5. Preparing for Assessment.