U.S. History

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Course: Non-technical – General Education for Degree Program This course presents students with an in-depth look at the political, social, and cultural history of the United States since the end of the American Civil war. Students will be presented with an array of topics that focus on how the U.S. evolved coming out of the war, post war immigration and migration, westward expansion, suffrage, and events leading up to World War I. The causes that led up to the great depression and the New Deal will also be discussed. World War II, the beginning of the Cold War, the political evolution of the country, and the emergence of the Civil Rights movement, the Vietnam Era, and the evolution of the nuclear threat will be studied. In coordination with cultural and social factors, this course will also present the economic deve lopment of the country and a detailed review of the diverse people and social movements that have influenced the history of the United States through the current day