U.S. History II is a survey course covering the Industrial Age through comtemporary events. A brief review of the discovery, settlement, and establishment of the American nation will take place prior to the regular course of study. 20th century American history will be a significant focus of the course. Also, special emphasis is placed on historical cause and effect and historical thinking skills.

TOPIC LINKS

Cold War
Roaring Twenties & Great Depression
Westward Expansion
World War I
World War II

World War II (BBC) Check out the animated maps
World War II Codebreakers
Top Secret War
Doolittle Raid
Kamikazes
Pearl Harbor (Article, War Times Journal)
Pearl Harbor (Flash Animations)
Pearl Harbor (National Geographic)
German Invasion of Western Europe (WWII Magazine)
The Man Who Never Was... Incredible story, one of the great decptions of WWII


THE MANHATTAN PROJECT (Building the A-bomb

History of the Bomb
Trinity Atomic Web site
Trinity Atomic test (photo and video source)
Nagasaki bomb (video source)
Topics on Nuclear Weapons
A-Bomb museum
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
Ground Zero (Go to “Bomb History”)
Decision to drop the Bomb
The Manhattan Project

WESTWARD EXPANSION

Lewis & Clark (Library of Congress on-line exhibit)
Lewis & Clark, the Corp of Discovery (PBS)

UNIT PROJECT RESOUCE: CONSUMER DEBT