- The Emergence of Modern America, 1877-1941

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This course focuses on the impact of industrialization on American society and the ways that labor, Populist, Progressive, and New Deal reformers responded to those changes. By reading this history through the lenses of conservative, liberal, and radical interpretations, students will learn to recognize the political biases in historical arguments, will learn how to evaluate the quality of evidence an author uses, and will develop the ability to make their own well-supported historical argument, verbally and in writing.