Reconstruction to the present — industrialization, world wars, civil rights, and the making of modern America.
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97% Completion RateCourse completion rate
28–30 DaysAverage course completion
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Self-Paced · Final Exam · ACE & NCCRS Recommended
What You'll Learn
A full semester of u.s. history ii — completed at your own pace, with no deadlines or fixed class times.
Learning Outcomes
What You'll Be Able to Do
✓Upon completing this in-depth exploration of American history, students will have achieved the following learning outcomes:
✓Analyze major political, social, and economic transformations in United States history from Reconstruction through the early twenty-first century, with attention to continuity and change over time
✓Evaluate how federal authority expanded during periods of crisis, including Reconstruction, industrialization, economic depression, world wars, the Cold War, and post-9/11 governance
✓Interpret primary sources such as constitutional provisions, legislation, speeches, policy documents, and visual media by situating them within their historical context and identifying purpose, perspective, and limitations
Course Curriculum
Your path through the course
Work through each lesson at your own pace and build your understanding step by step.
✓Compare competing definitions of freedom, citizenship, and equality across different historical periods and social groups
✓Assess the impact of economic change, reform movements, and government intervention on inequality, labor, and social welfare in modern American history
✓Analyze the tensions between national security concerns and civil liberties across wartime and crisis contexts, evaluating how these conflicts shaped constitutional precedent and civil rights
✓Synthesize evidence from multiple historical eras to construct coherent, thesis-driven arguments about the development of American democracy
✓Demonstrate analytical and evaluative historical reasoning independently through source-based, thesis-driven final assessments
