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High School United States History

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Suggested Prerequisites

English I

Description

In this course, you will investigate the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from the end of the Civil War through today. You are asked to analyze and evaluate decisions made by political, business, and military leaders and recognize the cause-and-effect relationship connected with political, social, and economic issues. Emphasis is placed on connections between events of the past and present. This course also gives you the opportunity to conduct research and apply your learning to current, real-world problems.

Module One: Civil War and Reconstruction

-Civil War

-Reconstruction

-Settlement in the American West


Module Two: Industrial Revolution

-Second Industrial Revolution

-Populism

-Immigration

-The Gilded Age

-Labor and social reform movements


Module Three: Enter the World Stage

-Spanish-American War

-Expansion of U.S. territory

-World War I


Module Four: Between the Wars

-Effects of World War I

-The Roaring Twenties

-Nativism

-Civil rights reform movements

-Women's suffrage

-The Great Depression

-The New Deal

 

Module Five: World War II

-European Theater

-Pacific Theater

-The Holocaust

-The home front

-Aftermath of World War II


Module Six: The Cold War

-The Cold War

-Red Scare

-Korean War

-Vietnam War


Module Seven: Civil Rights Movement

-Social and protest movements

-Expansion of civil rights

-Significant Supreme Court cases


Module Eight: The Modern Era

-Political events from the late 1970s to the present

-Modern foreign and human rights policy

-Impact of globalization

-Foreign and domestic terrorism

-Social and environmental issues