American History 2

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As a survey course, part II of the history of the United States reaches from 1876 to the present. Topics included are the Westward expansion, conflicts with Indigenous Americans, the rise of Industrialism and economic downturns, social reform movements, doctrine of isolationism applied to world affairs, US colonialism, the Great War’s consequences to the nation and a generation, the Great Depression and the New Deal, WWII and global influence, the Cold War, 1960s–70s protests for peace and civil rights, the fall of the Soviet Union, politics and the Moral Majority, peace and prosperity, surprising developments in Christianity, twenty-first century woes of terrorism, new threats from abroad, civil unrest, disillusionment, and worldwide pandemic and recovery. As with American History 1, this course will examine the facts of this history with a lens upon the average person experiencing those facts: famous people, events, trends, movements, economic crisis/growth, and social change.