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HIST 1302: U.S. History II is a survey of the social, political, economic, cultural, and intellectual history of the United States from the Civil War/Reconstruction era to the present. United States History II examines industrialization, immigration, world wars, the Great Depression, Cold War and post-Cold War eras. Themes that may be addressed in United States History II include: American culture, religion, civil and human rights, technological change, economic change, immigration and migration, urbanization and suburbanization, the expansion of the federal government, and the study of U.S. foreign policy.

• Computer and Internet Access

• The textbook: Shi, David E. America: The Essential Learning Edition 3rd Edition (ISBN: 978-0-393-54273-8)

• Electronic Supplement: InQuizitive for the assigned textbook. (Comes bundled with new copies of the textbook and the Ebook.)

• Both the Ebook and/or InQuizitive can be purchased at this website: https://digital.wwnorton.com/amerele3

There different categories of graded work and one category of ungraded work in this course. Please click on each category below for a more complete description:

• Methods of Instruction (ungraded)

• Discussion Posts (20%)

• InQuizitives (20%)

• Thinking Like a Historian (20%)

• Exams (2 x 20%)