Description
This introductory course is a survey of significant features in the development of the United States from 1877-1991. This course will focus on the social, intellectual, political, economic, and cultural history of the United States in a broad perspective and will emphasize introductory, skill-building exercises. Topics include: urban and industrial growth; American consumerism, capitalism and labor movements; race, gender, and ethnicity in the American experience; imperial expansion at home and abroad; and critical historical events including, but not limited to: World War I, the Great Depression, World War II, the Fifties and the Cold War, the Civil Rights Era and Vietnam, and America’s crisis in confidence in the 1970s concluding with the Age of Reagan. This is a required course for all history majors and all students planning to teach secondary education history. Open to all freshmen. For majors, this will be categorized under the Americas concentration.
Offered: Spring Odd Years