How to learn about American history by yourself

I’m not sure about the poster’s current level, so Bozhi Education will give a general answer

(1) If you have no idea about history and just started learning American history, you can start with Start with American dramas, get into situations, and develop feelings. If you read the official history directly, it is easy to give up because you find it too boring. For example:

1 "Boardwalk Empire" Boardwalk Empire

Highly recommended, it talks about the politics and gang struggles in the prohibition era. Based on real people and real events in history. After reading it, you will have a deep understanding of immigration, women's rights, politics, democracy and the legal process. It is equivalent to the American Romance of the Three Kingdoms (the character Lucky Luciano is even the prototype of the protagonist Old Corleone in "The Godfather"). The investment is huge, the scene is spectacular, and the scale is quite large. In 1920, after the federal government enacted Prohibition, it became illegal to sell alcohol in public. There are no laws in Atlantic City, in southwestern New Jersey. Both sides of the road that runs through the city are covered with various hotels, nightclubs, entertainment centers, casinos, brothels, and theaters, the scale of which is comparable to Broadway in New York. Nucky (Steve Buscemi) is the boss here. In addition to the umbrella Atlantic City Sheriff Elias (played by Shea Whigham), a group of bosses who made their fortune from gang power, and a group of thugs who swore allegiance to him. Nucky carefully planned his position in the bootleg business chain, and launched a life-and-death struggle with various gang organizations for control of the black market.