HIS 1220American History since 1865

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Prerequisites: Minimum performance standard scores on reading and writing pre-assessment placement tests General Studies: Historical This course covers the background to the present-day United States beginning with the Civil War and culminating with recent times. It analyzes cultural, social, economic and technological change. Topics addressed include immigration, industrialism, emergence ofthe U.S. as a world power, Progressivism, the First World War, the Great Depression, World War II, and the Cold War and its aftermath. Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HIS or HON.