Course Description & Units of Study

This course focuses on United States history from Reconstruction to the present. The following are emphasized in this course: an understanding of our government, changes in social and cultural values, social reform movements, the extension of civil rights, the labor movement, the growth of government, and the effects of growing international involvements. The diversity of ethnic and racial origins of Americans and the impact of this diversity on the development of the nation are also emphasized.
US History is a year-long course. A passing grade each semester will satisfy Bremerton High School’s US History graduation requirement.