US History 2: Vol 3

U.S. History Volume 3: 1945-1976 features a series of six lessons covering the transformation of American identity.  These lessons provide you with different perspectives from many historians and how expectations for better times lay ahead. This highly interactive learning enhancement tool integrates video, text, interactive activities, and self-assessments to offer a visually engaging representation of this time in American history.  

Titles include:



Cold War examines how and why after considering the status of American identity, freedom, and equality in 1945, we turn our attention to the emerging cold war.  The development and application of the containment policy in Europe and Asia is assessed, and the fear of communism at home is examined.


Pursuit of Happiness illustrates that although the cold war tensions persisted, most Americans were pursuing their versions of happiness in the late 1940s and 1950s.  The expanding economy, the changing nature of work, suburban life, and the important strides toward ending segregation in America are explored.



All God’s Children recognizes that dreams of freedom and equality for all Americans moved toward a greater degree of reality during the dynamic civil rights movement of the 1960s. The leadership and tactics of the movement, how it changed America, and why the movement eventually stalled is analyzed. assessed.


Times Are A-Changin’ examines the winds of change sweeping across America in the 1960s and early 1970s and how it seemed to be blowing everywhere.  The counterculture, American Indian protest movements, Latino movements, and the second wave of feminism are examined.  What did it all mean?  


The Vietnam Dilemma focuses on how amidst the excitement swirling within America in the sixties, the United States continued to grapple with dangerous issues in the world arena.  After reflecting upon the Cuban Missile Crisis, the complex story of American involvement in Vietnam and how that affected the American people is examined.



The Decline of Liberalism concentrates on liberal policies that brought great change in America from FDR’s New Deal to LBJ’s Great Society.  This lesson examines why liberalism came under attack from all sides in the late 1960s and early 1970s and how the Watergate Affair, coming on the heels of the Vietnam War, confirmed public mistrust of politicians and government.