Course

Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
SDCM-0039
Version:
5
Organization's ID:
History 104
Organization:
Study.com, LLC
Location:
Online
Length:
28 hours for 6 weeks
Minimum Passing Score:
70
ACE Credit Recommendation Period:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 U.S. History II
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to describe, compare, contextualize, and construct historical arguments about major events in American history. Topics covered are westward expansion, industrialization and urbanization,
WWI, WWII, the Cold War, and the civil rights movements.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Describe the causes and effects of industrialization and urbanization in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • Describe American imperialism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • Explain the causes and effects of U.S. social, labor, and civil rights movements from the late 19th century to today.
  • Analyze how Reconstruction impacted U.S. society in the short and long term.
  • Explain the causes and effects of major economic and financial crises in the U.S., including the Wall Street crash of 1929 and the Great Depression.
  • Identify the causes, major events, and impacts of wars and conflicts the U.S. has been involved in from 1965 to today.
  • Analyze how evolutions in technology and the media have shaped contemporary U.S. society and politics.

General Topics:

  • Reconstruction and the Gilded Age (1865-1877)
  • Industrialization and Urbanization (1870-1900)
  • The Progressive Era (1900-1917)
  • American Imperialism (1890-1919)
  • The Roaring 20s (1920-1929)
  • The Great Depression (1929-1940)
  • The US in World War II (1941-1945)
  • Post-War World (1946-1959)
  • The Cold War (1950-1973)
  • Protests, Activism and Civil Disobedience (1954-1973)
  • The 1970s (1969-1979)
  • The Rise of Political Conservatism (1980-1992)
  • Contemporary America (1992-2013)
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials

Methods of Assessment:

  • Examinations
  • Quizzes
  • Written Papers
Supplemental Materials
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