US History II

Our last course unit deals with recent American history; during this unit you will write one last SkillBuilder and you will have a chance to “make history” yourself in the History Now final project. The 4th exam takes place during finals period but it is not a cumulative final. Continue reading →

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Assignment for Today: Your group will address one of these questions below, using documents from your assigned part of our textbook. By midnight tonight a representative from each group should leave a comment on the course website, responding to your assigned question USING primary source EVIDENCE. Continue reading →

In our third unit, US history collides with world history in a big way, and we seek to explain how the US became involved in the Second World War and the subsequent Cold War. We also explore the transition from the New Deal “welfare state” through the wartime homefront years to a multi-decade era of prosperity and political consensus. But were the postwar “good times” for everyone? Continue reading →

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In the second unit of the course, we explore the U.S. at home and abroad in the early decades of the 20th century, with themes of modernization, imperialism, World War I, the Depression and New Deal, economic crisis, social change, popular culture and media, and the role of government. Continue reading →

Here are the instructions for our virtual class on Monday, Sept 29. Continue reading →

Our first unit on post-Civil War America begins with a look at Reconstruction’s mixed legacy and the multiple meanings of freedom in the postwar South (Chapter 14). We will then turn to other regions of the country, including the West (Chapter 15), North (Chapter 16) and MidWest (Chapter 17). Continue reading →

See the post below this one for the course basics if you are just adding in, or if you missed Day 1. Continue reading →