Reform and Reaction in the US

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Reform affected all levels of U.S. politics, culture, and society in the first half of the twentieth century, linking the first Roosevelt administration to the last. Progressives and New Dealers tried to save the world abroad and preserve health and "normalcy" at home, as women, immigrants, and African-Americans pressed for greater opportunities. Two world wars complicated and deepened these trends. This course will examine the nature, contradictions, and social and political consequences of these important decades of reform, reaction, and transition.