| Learning Outcomes | Assessment Methods |
| Students will be able to identify specific events that contributed to the development of the United States from Reconstruction through modern times. | Class discussions, exams, and essays |
| Students will be able to discuss competing interpretations of major historical events in American history from the Civil War to the present. | Class discussions, exams, and essays |
| Students will be able to discuss sources of historical change, and explain cause and effect relationships as they pertain to historical transformations. | Class discussions, exams, and essays |
| Students will be able to use vocabulary common to history and be able to explain the historical developments from Reconstruction through modern times. | Class discussions, exams, and essays |


