United States History II

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The course presents a synopsis of American history from the period of Reconstruction following the United States Civil War to the present. The course examines significant political, social, and constitutional events that have shaped our national heritage during this period. Using the power of the federal government as a foundation, this course follows how governmental power provides the growth of democracy for disenfranchised people, and how the struggle for basic rights, via the government, shaped the expansion of the nation. This expansion includes political, cultural, and geographic growth.