American History Survey II

Catalog description

A survey of United States history from the era of Reconstruction to the present. Topics include Reconstruction and the struggles for American democracy, immigration, the rise of the industrial order and the response to it by farmers and workers, Populism and Progressivism, women's suffrage and the modern women's movement, the New Deal both World Wars, the Cold War and Vietnam, the Civil Rights movement, and the post-Cold War era. Readings, research and discussion.