United States History II is designed to enable learners to see the interrelationship between the period in the United States and New Jersey history from the Cold War through Present Day and present and to view current state and national issues with a historical perspective that informs critical thinking and action.
A. P. American History is a college-level course designed to prepare students for the A. P. exam.Students develop analytic skills and factual knowledge for an understanding of the colonial period, the American Revolution, the Jacksonian period, the Civil War and Reconstruction, populism and progressivism, the New Deal, World Wars I and II, international affairs and domestic change in the post-1945 period up to the present.The work requires in-depth reading of primary documents, essays, periodicals and the text.Students are expected to demonstrate mastery and understanding by presenting written essays on the aspects of the period under study.Students are encouraged to take the Advanced Placement examination.