Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
ACPE-0050
Location:
Online
Length:
This is a self-paced online course that is completed over 16 weeks (112 hours)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 U.S. History Ii
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to cover a broad survey of American history from 1865 through the New Millennium.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Analyze the conquest and exploitation of the West
  • Label significant American historical events on a timeline
  • Analyze the role of industrialization on late nineteenth and early twentieth century U.S. society
  • Examine the social, political, and economic changes in late nineteenth century United States
  • Analyze the Age of Progressivism and the United States departure from isolationism, and subsequent role in World War I
  • Investigate the United States' role in World War II and the beginnings of the Cold War
  • Examine post-World War II culture both domestic and globally
  • Analyze the political, social, and economic issues of the 1970s in the United States
  • Examine the Cold War and post-Cold War executive administrations' role in American society
  • Examine the United States' foreign policy and the influence of the T. Roosevelt presidency
  • Evaluate the cultural challenges of the United States during the 1920s and 1930s
  • Analyze the domestic changes and international challenges faced by the United States after the fall of communism in Europe

General Topics:

  • The West and exploiting an Empire
  • Industrial Society
  • Toward and urban society, and political realignments
  • Toward Empire and The Progressive Era
  • From Roosevelt to Wilson in the Age of Progressivism
  • The Nation at War
  • Modern America and Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • World War II and the Cold War
  • Affluence and anxiety in the 1960s
  • A Crisis in Confidence, 1969-1980
  • The Republican Resurgence, 1980-1992
  • At the end of the American Century
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Learner Presentations

Methods of Assessment:

  • Examinations
  • Quizzes

Minimum Passing Score:

70%
Supplemental Materials