American History II - Austin Peay State University
Core Academic Studies

American History II

135 Hours
Beginner
English

This course examines United States history from 1865 to today. During this time, the American people experienced an end of isolation as their country became a major player on the world stage. We start with an exploration of America’s recovery from the Civil War, expansion into the west, and urban growth. Next we focus on the pivotal decades of the new century that saw much racial discord, urbanization, new technologies, a world at war, and women’s suffrage. From there we look at the United States involvement in World War I, how it endured the Great Depression, and how it became a superpower after World War II. We will review the period of optimism from the end of World War II until the Watergate scandal, a time when minorities began to realize their civil rights, the nation prospered, and social reform promised a better future, all tempered by wars in Korea and Vietnam and the Cold War with the Soviet Union. We conclude our discussion of America as a superpower that outlasted the Soviet Union, dealt with terrorism, and continued to try to find its place in the world as it entered a new millennium.

United States History II Module 1
Reconstruction and the New South
• Lincoln’s Plan for Union
• Restoration Under Johnson
• President vs. Congress
• Reconstruction and Women’s Suffrage
• President Grant and the Divided North
• Compromise of 1877
• The New South
United States History II Module 2
The Western Frontier
• Native Cultures Under Assault
• Exploiting the West
• Life in the West
• Hispanic Heritage in the Southwest
• The West and the American Imagination
• Industrial Expansion
• The New Industrial Order
• The House of Labor
United States History II Module 3
The New Urban Nation
• The Birth of the Modern City
• Experiments in Culture
• Persistence of Piety
• From Hayes to Harrison
• Agrarian Revolt
• The Crisis of the 1890s
• The Election of 1896
United States History II Module 4
The Progressive Era and Expansion
• The Rise of Progressivism
• Political Reform
• Social Tensions
• Progressive Presidents
• Roots of Expansion
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Woodrow Wilson
United States History II Module 5
America and World War I
• War, Mobilization, and Progressive Reform
• American Neutrality
• The 1916 Election
• Creating an Army
• Regulating the Economy
• Workers and the War
• Making War and Peace
United States History II Module 6
The Great Depression and the New Deal
• The Modern Age
• The Culture of Dissent
• The Guardians
• Republicans in Power
• The Great Depression
• Depression Culture
• The New Deal and Society
United States History II Module 7
War and Society
• America and the World Crisis
• Global War
• War and National Culture
• Victory
• From World War to Cold War
• The Politics of Fear
United States History II Module 8
Consumerism
• Shaping National Culture
• Moderation
• American Ideals and Social Realities
• The Kennedy Presidency
• Protest, Politics, and Racial Equality
• Vietnam
• Watershed Year
United States History II Module 9
Polarization and the Reagan Presidency
• Peacemaking
• Nixon Presidency
• Old Values and New Realities
• Reagan Presidency
• Reagan and the Cold War
United States History II Module 10
America After the Cold War and into the 21st Century
• Post-Cold War America
• The Clinton Administration
• Globalization and its Discontents
• Social Tension in the 90s
• Presidency of George W. Bush
• The Election and Presidency of Barack Obama
• Social Tensions and Cultural Conflict
• The Trump Presidency

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This course examines United States history from 1865 to today. During this time, the American people experienced an end of isolation as their country became a major player on the world stage. We start with an exploration of America’s recovery from the Civil War, expansion into the west, and urban growth. Next we focus on the pivotal decades of the new century that saw much racial discord, urbanization, new technologies, a world at war, and women’s suffrage. From there we look at the United States involvement in World War I, how it endured the Great Depression, and how it became a superpower after World War II. We will review the period of optimism from the end of World War II until the Watergate scandal, a time when minorities began to realize their civil rights, the nation prospered, and social reform promised a better future, all tempered by wars in Korea and Vietnam and the Cold War with the Soviet Union. We conclude our discussion of America as a superpower that outlasted the Soviet Union, dealt with terrorism, and continued to try to find its place in the world as it entered a new millennium.

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