Transcript title

United States History II

Credits

4

Grading mode

Standard letter grades

Total contact hours

40

Lecture hours

40

Course Description

Survey of United States history from the early 1800s to the early 1900s: Jacksonian era, expansion, Industrial Revolution, slavery, Civil War, Reconstruction, Gilded Age, Populism, Imperialism, the Progressive Era, and the First World War.

Course learning outcomes

1. Evaluate a variety of historical sources from the early 1800s to the early 1900s.
2. Describe continuities and change in American history (e.g., political, social, economic, cultural).
3. Construct evidence-based historical arguments.
4. Communicate historical knowledge and analysis effectively in written and/or verbal forms.
5. Recognize the relevance of the past to the present.

General education/Related instruction lists

• Social Science
• Cultural Literacy