U.S. History II | Course Overview

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U.S. History II

Industrial America to the Present

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  1. UNIT 1

    Industrialization and the Gilded Age

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  2. UNIT 2

    Western Expansion, Imperialism, and Reform

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  3. UNIT 3

    World War I and Its Aftermath

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  4. UNIT 4

    The Roaring Twenties

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  5. UNIT 5

    The Great Depression and New Deal

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  6. UNIT 6

    World War II

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  7. UNIT 7

    The Cold War

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  8. UNIT 8

    Postwar America and Civil Rights

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  9. UNIT 9

    America in the 1970s and 1980s

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  10. UNIT 10

    Modern America and Global Challenges

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