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U.S. History Course 2: The Rise of the United States (1865-1945)
Course Introduction
Welcome to The Rise of the United States
Important Notes
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Unit 6: The Gilded Age (1865-1898)
Unit 6 Introduction
Module 1: The Post-Civil War Era
"Reconstruction"
Consequences of Reconstruction
"The Rise of Jim Crow"
Jim Crow: State-by-State
Module 2: Titans of Industry or Robber Barons?
"Titans of Industry"
The Gilded Age By the Numbers
"The Rise of the Working Class"
African Americans and the Knights of Labor
Module 2 Quiz
Module 3: Late 19th c. Politics and Expansion
"Gilded Age Politics and Reform"
Drawing the Gilded Age
"The End of the 'Wild' West"
Celebrating Indigenous Leaders
Module 3 Quiz
Unit 6 Conclusion
Unit 6 Project: Gilded Age Social Media
Unit 6 Exam
Unit 7A: The Progressive Era (1898-1917)
Unit 7A Introduction
Module 4: American Imperialism
"Expansion in the Pacific"
Comparing Motivations and Justifications for Imperialism
"The Spanish-American War"
"Translating" Aguinaldo's Letter to America
Module 4 Quiz
Module 5: The Progressives
"Progressives"
Researching Lesser Known Progressive Activists
"President Teddy Roosevelt"
"Presidents Taft and Wilson"
Assessing Presidents' Progressivism
Module 5 Quiz
Module 6: Rights Movements
"Black Progressives"
Representing Booker T. and Du Bois
"Women's Suffrage"
Visualizing the Suffrage Debate
Module 6 Quiz
Unit 7A Conclusion
Project: Progressive Reformers' Movie Posters
Unit 7A Exam
Unit 7B: World War I and the Great Depression (1917-1929)
Unit 7B Introduction
Module 7: The "Great" War
"Wilson's Foreign Policy"
Visualizing U-Boat Attacks and the Lusitania
"WWI at Home"
Translating WWI Propaganda Posters
Module 7 Quiz
Module 8: Post-WWI Crisis
"Post-WWI America"
Exploring Conflicts of the Early 1920s
"The Roaring 20s"
1920s Celebrity Dinner Party
Module 8 Quiz
Module 9: The Great Depression
"Economic Collapse"
Comparing the Depression for White vs. Black Americans
"Hoover Tried"
Chronicling the 1930s Trade War
Module 9 Quiz
Module 10: The New Deal
"The New Deal"
Grading the New Deal
"The Legacy of the New Deal"
Interviewing the Women Behind the New Deal
Module 10 Quiz
Unit 7B Conclusion
Project: 1920s-30s Artists
Unit 7B Exam
Unit 7C: World War II (1939-1945)
Unit 7C Introduction
Module 11: WWII Begins
"US Entry into WWII"
Native Americans in WWII
"WWII at Home"
Reflecting on Japanese Internment
Module 11 Quiz
Module 12: WWII Ends
"Winning World War Two"
Recognizing the American Artists Who Fooled Hitler
"Postwar America"
Translating the G.I. Bill of Rights
Module 12 Quiz
Unit 7C Conclusion
Unit 7C Exam
Course Conclusion
Final Research Project
End of Course Survey
"Reconstruction"
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