This course is the third in the introductory surveys of U.S. history. The course surveys the significant forces and people that have shaped American civilization from the Progressive Era to the present. This course starts at the beginning of the 20th century and explores how different people, including you, participated in the nation's transformation through that century until today. Those who would like to pursue their study of American history may wish to take Hist 146 (US History I) and Hist 147 (US History II).Login: guest_oclPassword: ocl

U.S. History II covers the chronological history of the United States from Reconstruction through the beginning of the 21st Century.

U.S. History I covers the chronological history of the United States from before Discovery through Reconstruction.

Confronting the National Debt: The Aftermath of the French and Indian WarThe Stamp Act and the Sons and Daughters of LibertyThe Townshend Acts and Colonial ProtestThe Destruction of the Tea and the Coercive ActsDisaffection: The First Continental Congress and American Identity

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Describe the socio-political environment in the colonies in the early 1770sExplain the purpose of the Tea Act of 1773 and discuss colonial reactions to itIdentify and describe the Coercive Acts

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Explain the purpose of the 1765 Stamp ActDescribe the colonial responses to the Stamp Act

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Describe the purpose of the 1767 Townshend ActsExplain why many colonists protested the 1767 Townshend Acts and the consequences of their actions

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Explain the role of the putting-out system in the rise of industrializationUnderstand industrialization’s impact on the nature of production and workDescribe the effect of industrialization on consumptionIdentify the goals of workers’ organizations like the Working Men’s Party

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Describe the development of improved methods of nineteenth-century domestic transportationIdentify the ways in which roads, canals, and railroads impacted Americans’ lives in the nineteenth century

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Describe the characteristics of the new consumer culture that emerged at the end of the nineteenth century

Inventors of the AgeFrom Invention to Industrial GrowthBuilding Industrial America on the Backs of LaborA New American Consumer Culture

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Explain how the ideas and products of late nineteenth-century inventors contributed to the rise of big businessExplain how the inventions of the late nineteenth century changed everyday American life

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Explain and illustrate the new style of American politics in the 1820sDescribe the policies of John Quincy Adams’s presidency and explain the political divisions that resulted

A New Political Style: From John Quincy Adams to Andrew JacksonThe Rise of American DemocracyThe Nullification Crisis and the Bank WarIndian RemovalThe Tyranny and Triumph of the Majority

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Understand the origins and growth of the women’s rights movementIdentify the different strands of the early African American civil rights movement