US History: From 1860 to Present

Catalog description

This course surveys the development of the United States from the Civil War to present. It examines the major ideas, people, events, and institutions that have shaped the United States since 1860. 120 | Bethel University Course Descriptions Catalog 2021-2022 HIS 2100 U.S. History II (3 hours) This course provides a look at the U.S. from Reconstruction through industrialism, the Populist Revolt, the Spanish-American War, the Progressive era, World War I, prosperity and depression, the New Deal, World War II, and post-World War II era to the present. HIS 3100 World History: Post 1945 (3 hours) This course considers the history of the world since 1945. Topics to be explained include, but are not limited to, the Cold War, the end of colonial empires, the rise of Islamic nationalism and fundamentalism, the creation and growth of the European Union, the United States as a superpower, the rise of China, and the fall of the Soviet Empire.