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HISTORY Course Guide - Indianapolis

HIST 102: COURSE CONTENT

COURSE CONTENT

  • Reconstruction

  • Rise of Urban America

  • Western expansion

  • Becoming a world power

  • The Progressive Era

  • World War I

  • The Roaring Twenties

  • The Great Depression and the New Deal

  • World War II

  • The Cold War

  • The Vietnam War

  • Civil rights and Counter-Culture

  • Revival of conservatism

  • Post-Cold-War Era

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Protesting Segregation in Schools

Cold War in Space

HIST 102: Survey of American History II

HIST 102: Survey of American History II

Covers major themes including the post Civil War period, western expansion, industrial growth of the nation and its effects, immigration and urban discontent and attempts at reform, World War I, the Roaring Twenties, social and governmental changes of the thirties, World War II and its consequences, the growth of the federal government, social upheaval in the sixties and seventies, and recent trends in conservatism, globalization, and cultural diversity.

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