Journey Through American History, Volume II: 1865 to Present Day

Module/Chapter 1 Reconstruction (1865–1877)
The Pivotal Month of April 1865 
The Fall of the Richmond 
General Robert E. Lee’s Surrender
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
The Face of the South After the War
Andrew Johnson Becomes the 17th President of the United States
The Three Proposals for Reconstruction
Congress Convenes and Retaliates Against Johnson
Five Military Districts of the South
The Plight of the Newly Freed Slaves
Education and Religion
Fear and Intimidation
Republicans in the South
Ulysses S. Grant Elected President in 1868 
Scandals and Corruption in Grant’s Administration 
Civil Rights Act of 1875
The Presidential Election of 1876—What was its Impact?
What was the Legacy of the Republican Rule in the South? 
What Reconstruction a “Success” or a “Failure”? 
Module/Chapter 1 Discussion Board 

Module/Chapter 2 The Emerging West and the New South (1876—1890)
Conflicting Ideas After the Civil War
The Redeemers
Methods for Transformation
Failings in the South
King Cotton Falls from its Throne 
Race Relations in the Late 19th Century
Bourbons 
Key points about “Bourbons” 
Response of the African Americans—Activism
The New West 
Plight of the Native Americans in the West
Demographics of Western Settlers 
Mining in the West 
Farming in the West
End of an Era: The American Frontier
Module/Chapter 2 Discussion Board 

Module/Chapter 3 New Industrial Order and Rise of an Urban Order, 1870–1893
Face of America (1865—1900)
Inventions and Discoveries
Economic Impact
Social Impact 
Other Effects
Agricultural Growth From 1865 to 1900 
Technological Innovations
The Revolution of the Railroads
The Downside of Railroads 
“Robber Barons” or “Captains of Industry?”
Opposing View Points
Barons of Business 
Rise of Big Business 
Consumer Market and Retail Goods
Rise of the Urban Age 
Social Rise of the Upper Class
Social Rise of the Middle Class 
Middle-Class Women 
Immigration
Social History of the Working Class
Labor Unions in Late 19th Century America 
Social Darwinism
Module/Chapter 3 Discussion Board 

Module/Chapter 4 America’s Imperialism and Roosevelt (1895–1913) 
Presidents During the Gilded and Progressive Eras
Imperialism
Economically Mics
Militarily
Cultural Superiority and Social Darwinism 
America’s Expansion
Journalism 
Puck Magazine
Yellow Journalism
Spanish-American War—“A Splendid Little War” (1898)
Philippine-American War (1898–1902) 
China and Imperial Rivalries
Theodore Roosevelt—26th President and the Youngest in the Nation’s (1901–1909) 
Roosevelt’s Legacy 
Panama and a Canal—Why?
Module/Chapter 4 Discussion Board 

Module/Chapter 5 The Progressive Era (1890–1920) 
The Panic of 1893
What was the Progressive Era? 
Who Were the Progressives?
Conditions that Sparked the Progressive Movement 
Religious Activism
Progressive Reforms
Women’s Suffrage
Campaigns Against Alcohol 
Political Reform
Municipal Issues of Reform
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911
President Roosevelt and Progressive Views
Roosevelt and Civil Rights/Racism 
Module/Chapter 5 Discussion Board 

Module/Chapter 6 The Great War with America’s Entry, Involvement, and Aftermath (1914–1920)
Wilson and the Film, Birth of a Nation 
Origins of “The Great War”
First “Modern” War
The Western Front 
Trench Warfare—A Defining Aspect of the Great War
America’s Reaction to the War
Economic Affect on America from the War in Europe 
America Enters the War
Mobilizing for War
New Labor Force—Women and Blacks
The Loss of Civil Liberties During the War
Americans on the Western Front and the Collapse of Germany 
President Wilson’s Fourteen Points
The Results Fourteen Points
Paris Pace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles 
The League of Nations
From War to Peace in America
Lasting Impacts and Effects of the Great War on America 
Module/Chapter 6 Discussion Board 

Module/Chapter 7 Cultural and Social Aspects of the 1920s (1920–1929)
The State of the World After the Great War 
State of Mind in Western Europe and the United States
Characteristics of a “Lost Generation”
Art Movements of the 1920s
1920s Art Deco in America
What was Surrealism in the 1920s?
Expressionism in the 1920s
1920s Architecture 
Women’s Fashions in the 1920s
Who was Coco Chanel and What were her Contributions to Changing Attitudes for Women’s Fashion?
The Harlem Renaissance
Emerging Beliefs and Philosophies
Religion in the 1920s
State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes “Scopes Monkey Trial”
Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalysis
New Physics
Advances in Medicine 
Module/Chapter 7 Discussion Board 

Module/Chapter 8 Politics, Innovations, and Economics of the 1920s 
Politics
Return to Normalcy 
Republican Dominance 
President Calvin Coolidge (1923–1929)
President Herbert Hoover (1929–1933) 
Isolationism in Foreign Policy
Prohibition and Crime
Innovations
Film/Cinema 
Negative Aspects of the Film/Cinema 
Radio/Music/Phonograph 
The Assembly Line 
Transportation 
Automobiles
Airplanes
Economic Aspects
Post-War Boom
Stock Market and Speculation 
Module/Chapter 8 Discussion Board 

Module/Chapter 9 The Great Depression of the 1930’s
What was the Great Depression?
Key Causes
Economic Factors Contributing to the Great Depression
Effect of America’s Great Depression on the World 
Hoover’s Reaction 
The Bonus Army—1932 
Plight of the Average American Family in the Great Depression 
The “Bonus Army’s” March on Washington
The 20th Amendment
1932 Election and Democratic, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Victory 
Roosevelt’s Promise of a “New Deal”
Roosevelt’s Government Intervention
The Dust Bowl
Roosevelt’s “Fireside Chats
What were the Effects of the New Deal? 
Opposition to the New Deal 
Culture During the Great Depression (Radio and Movies)
Legacy and Significance of Roosevelt’s New Deal Programs 
Module/Chapter 9 Discussion Board 

Module/Chapter 10 World War II 
Events Leading to World War II
Common Features of Authoritarian Regimes
Hitler’s Rise to Power . . . Beer Haul Putsch
1939—Fighting Begins in Europe
The United States’ Stance of Neutrality
The Year of 1940—The European Conflict Continues 
The Year of 1941—The United States Enters the War
The United States Enters the War
The Year of 1942: European Theater and Pacific Theater
Japanese Americans and Internment Camps
The Holocaust 
The Year of 1943: Shifting Tide of War 
Japanese Kamikaze Pilots 
The Year of 1944: The End is in Sight 
The Year of 1945: The End is Near
Module/Chapter 10 Discussion Board 

Module/Chapter 11 Early Cold War Era 1945 to 1963 
The Face of America After World War II
The United Nations 
Cold War
Conflicts with the Soviets
What was the Containment Policy?
The Truman Doctrine 
The Marshall Plan 
Japan Post-World War II
The Establishment of the Jewish Nation of Israel
Berlin Air-Lift
Nato vs. The Warsaw Pact
The “Red Scare” in America 
The Korean War (1950–1953)
President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1952–1960)
The Cold War and Bomb/Fall-Out Shelters in America
Mccarthy’s “Witch Hunt”
Face of America in the 1950s
Beginnings of the Civil Rights’ Movement
The Space Race 
1960 Presidential Election
President John F. Kennedy (1960–1963)
The Bay of Pigs
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Popular Culture in 1960s America 
The Civil Rights Movement: Dr. Martin Luther King’s 1963 March on Washington
The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
Unrest Escalates in Vietnam—Origins of the Vietnam War
Module/Chapter 11 Discussion Board 

Module/Chapter 12 Vietnam Era and the Tumultuous 1970s 1964–1979
President Lydon B. Johnson (1963–1968) 
Johnson’s Great Society 
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 
Voting Rights Act of 1965 Civil Rights Act of 1964 
America Enters the Vietnam War 
The Start of the War 
Conflicting Views of the Vietnam War in America 
The Opposition Escalates
Well-Known Opponents of the Vietnam War
Unsettling Issues in Vietnam
The Tet Offensive—1968 
The Year of 1968 
1968 Presidential Election
President Richard M. Nixon (1968–1974)
Woodstock
Kent State 
Women’s Rights Movement 
Rights for Hispanics and Native Americans
First Man on the Moon—Apollo 11
Popular American Culture in the Late 1960s and Early 1970s
“Vietnamization”
Problems in Early 1970s America
Nixon’s Response to the Economic Problems
Roe Versus Wade (1973) 
Nixon’s Foreign Policy—China and the Soviet Union 
Nixon’s Approach to China 
Nixon’s Policies in the Middle East 
Watergate Scandal 
President Gerald R. Ford
America’s Bicentennial—1976 
America and the Disco Era
President James Earl Carter, or “Jimmy Carter”
Iran-Hostage Crisis
Module/Chapter 12 Discussion Board 

Module/Chapter 13 The Conservative Resurgence of the 1980s 1980–1992 
1980 Presidential Election
President Ronald Reagan (1980–1988)
Rise of the “New Right”
American Demographics in the 1980s
Royal Wedding—Britain’s Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer—July, 1981
What was the Aids Epidemic
The Challenger Disaster
The Emergence of the Computer Revolution
Rise of Conservatism Among Young Americans
1980s Pop Culture 
Reagon’s Foregin Policies
Reagan’s Foreign Policies—Great Britain
Reagan’s Foreign Policies—Soviet Union 
Reagan’s Foreign Policies—Libya/Gadhafi 
Reagan’s Foreign Policies—Latin America/Granada, Nicaragua, and Panama
Operation Just Cause—Panama
October, 1987, Stock Market Plunge 
Fall of the Berlin Wall—Reagan, “Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down this Wall” 
President George H.W. Bush (1998–1992)
The Americans with Disabilities (Ada)
The Gulf War—Operation Desert Storm
Module/Chapter 13 Discussion Board 

Module/Chapter 14 The End of the Millennium 1992–2001 
Russia−End of the Cold War
Los Angeles Riots of 1992 
The 1992 Presidential Election—Three Candidates 
William Jefferson Clinton (Bill Clinton) 1992 to 2000
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Technology/Digital Revolution of the 1990s 
The Internet 
O.J. Simpson—From Football to the Courtroom
Oklahoma City Bombing 
The Deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Mother Teresa—1997
European Union—Euro Currency
The Y2K “Millennium Bug” 
2000 Presidential Election
September 11, 2001, Also Known as 9–11 
War on Terrorism
Module/Chapter 14 Discussion Board 

Module/Chapter 15 A New Era Unfolds 2002–2025
War on Terrorism
The Second Iraq War, or “Second Persian Gulf War” from 2003 to 2011 
Capture of Saddam Hussein
Technological/Digital Revolution 
Climate Disasters
2008 Economic Crisis in the United States
President Barrack Obama (2008–2016)
Cultural Influences in Music, Film, and Fashions
War in Afghanistan
Arab Spring—2011 
Changes in the British Monarch in the 21st Century
Osama Bin Laden and His Death 
Occupy Wall Street Movement (2011)
Changes in Russia 
Capture and Death of Muammar Gaddafi 
Africa—Benghazi, Libya (2012)
Black Lives Matter Movement
Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage (2015)
2016 Presidential Electio
President Donald J. Trump (2016–2017) and (2024 to Present Day) 
Trump’s First Inauguration, 2016 
Trump and Russian Collusion? 
“Me Too” Movement
American President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelensky—the Phone Call
Trump Impeachment Trial
COVID-19/Coronavirus
January 6, 2021—Washington D.C.
President Joseph R. Biden (2000–2004) 
British Monarchy Timeline in the 2020’s
The Chips and Science Act (2022)
Hunter Bidens’ Legal Woes
Israel and Hamas War
Trump’s Criminal Cases
2024 Presidential Election
Donald Trump’s 2025 Inauguration 
California Fires
Department of Government Efficiency 
Rise of AI 
Immigration Issues
The United States and War Between Israel and Gaza 
The US Government Shutdown
Death of Charlie Kirk
Module/Chapter 15 Discussion Board