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$97

Exam Cost

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75 min

Time

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3-6

Credits

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~50/80

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What You'll Study

Unit 1: Reconstruction and Gilded Age (1877-1900)

Jim Crow lawsindustrializationPopulist movementurbanization and immigrationPlessy v Ferguson

🎓 Khan Academy — specific sub-units

→ Industrialization & robber barons→ Plessy v. Ferguson & Jim Crow→ Populist movement→ Immigration & urbanization

📺 Student-recommended video creators (free)

→ Heimler's History (Steve Heimler) — AP US History unit reviews (period 6-9 cover US Hist II) · Reddit-favorite — concise post-1877 period reviews→ Crash Course US History (John Green) — Full US History playlist (47 episodes) · Episodes 22-47 cover post-1877 US Hist II material→ Modern States — Free US History II CLEP video course · CB-recommended; voucher-eligible after completing

Unit 2: Progressive Era and Imperialism (1890-1920)

muckrakers and reformSpanish-American WarRoosevelt progressivismwomen's suffrage

🎓 Khan Academy — specific sub-units

→ Progressive Era reforms→ Spanish-American War→ Roosevelt's Square Deal→ Women's suffrage (19th Amendment)

Unit 3: World Wars and Interwar (1914-1945)

US entry into WWIGreat DepressionNew Deal programsWWII home front1920s cultural shifts (Harlem Renaissance, Prohibition, Scopes Trial)

🎓 Khan Academy — specific sub-units

→ US entry into WWI→ Roaring 20s & Harlem Renaissance→ Great Depression→ New Deal programs→ WWII home front

Unit 4: Cold War Era (1945-1980)

containment doctrineMcCarthyismcivil rights movementVietnam WarBrown v BoardMiranda v ArizonaRoe v Wadesecond-wave feminismenvironmental movement (EPA, Earth Day)

🎓 Khan Academy — specific sub-units

→ Containment & Truman Doctrine→ McCarthyism→ Civil Rights Movement→ Brown v. Board of Education→ Vietnam War→ Roe v. Wade

Unit 5: Modern America (1980-Present)

Reagan conservatismend of Cold WarglobalizationWar on Terror

🎓 Khan Academy — specific sub-units

→ Reagan Revolution→ End of the Cold War→ 9/11 & War on Terror

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Free Resources We Recommend

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Modern States: US History II

Modern States (College Board partner)

Free full video course. Earn the free CLEP voucher after 70% completion.

OpenStax: U.S. History (OpenStax, Vol. 17-32)

OpenStax (free, peer-reviewed)

Ch. 17–32 cover 1865 through today.

Khan Academy: US History (Gilded Age onward)

Khan Academy

1865–present covered in full.

YouTube: CrashCourse US History

YouTube

Episodes 23-47 cover 1877–present.

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Course Notes

- OpenStax US History (openstax.org/books/us-history): CC BY 4.0 - Khan Academy US History (khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history) - Saylor HIST212 (learn.saylor.org)

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