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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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.