You can view the learning objectives for this U.S. History course at the top of each page where the content is introduced.

The content, assignments, and assessments for United States History II are aligned to learning outcomes. A full list of course learning outcomes can be viewed here: U.S. History II Learning Outcomes.

1. Describe Westward Expansion.
2. Explain the changes caused by American Industrialization and Urbanization.
3. Describe the Gilded Age.
4. Explain U.S. foreign policy in the early twentieth century.
5. Describe the major movements and policies of the Progressive Era.
6. Explain American involvement in WWI.
7. Describe the Jazz Age.
8. Explain the Great Depression.
9. Describe the New Deal Era.
10. Discuss the events of WWII.
11. Discuss the events of the Cold War.
12. Describe the key events and outcomes of the 1960s.
13. Describe key political, cultural, and economic changes in America during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.
14. Describe the culture wars of the 1980s and the changing world order of the 1990s.
15. Describe challenges of the twenty-first century.