- Piscataway Magnet School
- Course Outline: US HISTORY II
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US HISTORY II, COURSE OF STUDY
1st MARKING PERIODWorld War OneA. CausesB. US InvolvementC. Imperfect Peace- Treaty of VersaillesII. The Roaring TwentiesA. Boom and BustB. Harlem RenaissanceC. Red Scare and Civil LibertiesIII. Review and Final ExamsGreat Depression and New Deal
- Causes of the Great Depression- Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Hundred Days- The New DealWorld War II-Totalitarianism-The War in Europe-The War in the Pacific-The Atom BombSECOND MARKING PERIODCold War, 1945-1970-The Marshall Plan-NATO and the Warsaw Pact-Cuban Missile Crisis-VietnamThe Turbulent Sixties- Civil Rights Movement- Student Protests and VietnamTHIRD MARKING PERIODThe Turbulent Sixties (con't)-Popular Culture-the Space RaceDomestic Issues in Contemporary America-Watergate-Women's RightsFOURTH MARKING PERIODForeign Policy Issues-Oil-Terrorism-First and Second Gulf Wars-The EnvironmentReview and Exams