Course Description: In this web-based course, students learn about American history from the Civil War's end through the presidential election of 2008. The course is divided into four historical eras, and each era is divided into five different types of history: political history, popular history, the multicultural peoples' history, military history, and economic history. The course's structure allows students to learn about history from a variety of different viewpoints. Basic computer skills are recommended.

Course Contents:
Students will learn about:

• Reconstruction
• Progressivism
• Immigration
• The Conquest of the West
• Imperialism
• American Involvement in World War I
• The Economic Boom of the 1920s
• The Great Depression
• The New Deal
• World War II
• Changes in the Roles of Women and Minorities in the 1950s and Beyond
• The Cold War
• Jackie Robinson's Integration of Baseball and the Subsequent Integration of America
• The Korean War
• The Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon Presidencies
• The Vietnam War
• The Civil Rights Movement
• Watergate's Impact on America
• The Broadening of the Equal Rights Movement to include Hispanics, Native Americans, Women, and Homosexuals

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