American History II

United States history from Civil War to present. Topics include Reconstruction, conquest of West, industrialization and its impact, various movements to reform America, and increasingly important role this country plays in international community. Special attention paid to modern legacy from America’s past.
Prerequisites: E, R

Transforming America:
U.S. History Since 1877
Produced by Dallas Telecourses

Textbook:
Roark, Johnson, Cohen, Stage, Lawson & Hartmann, American Promise, Volume II, 3rd Edition, Bedford/St. Martin's Publishing, 2004.
ISBN: 0-312-40689-4
Telecourse Guide (Study Guide):
Alfers, Telecourse Guide for Transforming America: United States History Since 1877, 1st Edition, Bedford/St. Martin's Publishing, 2005.
ISBN: 0-312-41736-5 (Available Aug. 1, 2005)

Twenty-six Lessons
Unit 1: Industrializing America, 1877-1900
1. The Gilded Age

2. The American West

3. Moving to the City

4. A Dream Deferred

5. The Worker's Struggle

6. The Populist Challenge

7. The Question of Empire

Unit 2: Modernizing America, 1900-1945
8. The Progressive Paradox

9. The War to End All Wars

10. Modern Times

11. The Great Depression

12. A New Deal

13. The Road to War

14. The World at War

Unit 3: Redefining America, 1945-1976
15. Cold War

16. Pursuit of Happiness

17. All God's Children

18. Blowin' in the Wind

19. The Vietnam Dilemma

20. Decline of Liberalism

Unit 4: Reshaping America, 1976-Present
21. Conservative Resurgence

22. A New Economy

23. The Gilded Age Redux

24. New World Order

25. Globalizing America

26. A More Perfect Union

GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Transforming America: US History Since 1877, an all-new history course from Dallas TeleLearning premiering in fall 2005, weaves together common threads that encourage a deeper, more critical understanding of the forces that have shaped American history. Questions of freedom, equality and national identity are revisited throughout the series. The heart of this course is documentary style video that takes the learner to places where history happened and gives voice to the people who lived there. In each program the strengths of the medium "sight and sound, color and motion" carry us into the human stories of choice and consequence that bring history to life.