U.S. History II: From 1865 to the
Present
HIST 2221
Anoka-Ramsey Community College
Spring 2025
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Inquisitive
Assigned Chapters: Due Sundays at 11:59 p.m. |
What's due before class?
Learning Activities (LAs) due Wednesdays
at 9:00 a.m. *Point values for the LAs will vary between 10 and 50 points. |
Topics covered in class, Wednesdays 10-11:50 a.m. |
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#1
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Nothing. "How to use Inquisitive" available to earn an extra Free Ticket. Ungraded. Due January 26. |
Wednesday, 1/15 Nothing due. |
Reconstruction and the Meaning of Freedom |
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#2
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Due Sunday, January 19 at 11:59 p.m. BUT free extension offered until Sunday, January 26 at 11:59 p.m. Chapter 13 |
Due Wednesday, 1/22 at 9:00 a.m. 1. Complete the How to Use Inquisitive module on D2L. Look in Materials> Content for Inquisitive. Ungraded but required, and you can earn an extra Free Ticket if you earn 100%!
2.
Washington/Du Bois summary and debate.
All links to assigned reading are found at the
Class Schedule Web page. You can find the
link in D2L> Materials > Content.
https://webs.anokaramsey.edu/janke/2221schedule.htm |
The Jim Crow South The Native American West |
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#3
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Due Sunday, January 26 at 11:59 p.m. Chapter 13
Chapter 15 |
Due Wednesday, 1/29 at 9 a.m. Justifying American Imperialism Paper. Click here for the writing assignment. |
Imperialism, Industrialization, Immigration |
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#4
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Due Sunday, February 2 at 11:59 p.m.
Chapter 16
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World War I Propaganda. Click here for the writing assignment. |
The Progressive Era World War I |
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#5
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Due Sunday, February 9 at 11:59 p.m.
Chapter 17 |
Due Wednesday, 2/12, 9 a.m. Letters from the Great Depression. Click here for the writing assignment. Look ahead: Next week you will be reading all of Farewell to Manzanar. Get a start on it! |
The Roaring 20s The Great Depression |
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#6
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Due Sunday, February 16 at 11:59 p.m. Chapter 18 |
Due Wednesday, 2/19, 9 a.m. Farewell to Manzanar. We will be reading the whole book. There will be an in-class quiz about the book instead of a writing assignment. It will be open-note, so take notes by hand or print out your notes before you come to class. Laptops will not be permitted, as this will be a hand-written quiz. |
World War II Japanese-American Internment "Cartoons at War" |
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#7
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Due Sunday, February 23, 11:59 p.m.
Chapter 19
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Due Wednesday, 2/26, 9 a.m.
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The Cold War at Home and Abroad |
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#8
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Due Sunday, March 9 at
11:59 p.m. |
Due Wednesday, 3/5, 9 a.m. Redlining Paper. Click here for the writing assignment. Look ahead to next week. Longer reading assignment due. |
Important class to attend! Bring your laptops so you can learn about coding deeds and article searches. Residential Segregation |
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#9
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Due Sunday, March 9 at
11:59 p.m. *Two week window! |
Due Wednesday, 3/12, 9 a.m. Coming of Age in
Mississippi by Anne Moody. Read Part 2 (High School) and Part 4 (the
Movement). These are longer parts of the book
not short chapters. It is roughly
half the book.
There will be an in-class
quiz about the book instead of a writing
assignment. It will be open-note, so take
notes by hand or print out your notes before you
come to class. Laptops will not be
permitted, as this will be a hand-written quiz.
The other parts of the book are available for extra credit. Click here for the EXTRA CREDIT assignment. |
The Civil Rights Movement |
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SPRING BREAK WEEK -- MARCH 19 -- NO CLASS!
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#10
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Due Sunday 3/30 at 11:59 p.m. *Two week window!
Chapter 21 |
Due Wednesday, 3/26, 9 a.m. Social Movements of the 1960s, click here for the writing assignment about music and social movements. Article citation due to
Linda (post in Contact Linda).
Click here
for instructions for how to research. |
Social Movements of the 1960s Begin Watergate |
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#11
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Due 3/30 at 11:59 p.m. *Two week window! Chapter 21 |
Wednesday, 4/2 -- NO CLASS. PROF. JANKE WILL BE OUT OF TOWN. You will complete a virtual assignment about Vietnam in place of our in-class meeting. More information will be posted here. |
The Vietnam War at Home and Abroad |
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#12
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Chapter 22
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Due Wednesday 4/9, 9 a.m. The 1980s: ACT UP and the Emergence of the AIDS epidemic. Click here for the assignment. Look ahead; Mapping Prejudice project and longer reading assignment over the next couple of weeks.
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Watergate -- 70s and 80s |
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#13
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None – work on Mapping Prejudice Report |
Due Wednesday, 4/16, 9 a.m. -- ON CAMPUS EVENT Instead of our regular class meeting, we will meet in the Legacy Room at 10 a.m. for an event featuring speakers who will discuss racism in Anoka County and the Mapping Prejudice project. Mapping Prejudice Project Report due, click here for the assignment. |
On-campus event |
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#14
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Due Sunday 4/20, 11:59 p.m.
Chapter 23 |
Due Wednesday, 4/23, 9 a.m. The Latehomecomer. Read Chapters 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 11, 15. There will be an in-class quiz about the book instead of a writing assignment. It will be open-note, so take notes by hand or print out your notes before you come to class. Laptops will not be permitted, as this will be a hand-written quiz. (In chapters 4 and 5, her family spends seven years in a refugee camp. Chapter 6 describes her time in a temporary camp and departure for America. Between Chapters 11 and 15 she begins college and her beloved grandmother dies.) The remaining chapters are available for an extra-credit assignment. Click here. You may submit this assignment any time between now and the end of the semester. You must earn a passing score on the quiz to be eligible for the extra credit. |
Recent Immigration |
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#15
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None -- work on your Article Annotation assignment. |
Due Wednesday, 4/30, 9 a.m. Article Assignment due + In-class presentations. You cannot submit the assignment unless I have approved your article! Make sure you shared your full article citation with me! I will create a checklist on D2L that leads you through the steps needed to complete this assignment. Check out the announcement on the course homepage. |
Article Presentations
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#16
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Due Sunday, May 4, 11:59 p.m.
Chapter 24 |
Due Wednesday, 5/7, 9 a.m. Recent History, Click here for the assignment. |
Recent History |
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FINALS WEEK |
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Due date TBD. Final Reflections Assignment: You will use the notes you have taken throughout the semester. |
Final Reflections |