U.S. History: Reconstruction to the Present
History · 3 hrs Lecture
Offered: Every Second Year
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No prerequisites listed, you can take this course without prior coursework.
Description
This course is an introduction to the study of U.S. history from 1865 to the present. The course emphasizes struggles for power, citizenship, self-determination, and liberation among white Americans, Black Americans, Indigenous peoples, and other marginalized and racialized groups. Topics may include: race and racism, Reconstruction, colonialism and empire, the Progressive Era, immigration and nativism, American culture, the World Wars, the Great Depression and New DeaL, Japanese internment, inequality and social action, the Cold War, civil rights and radical politics, religion, gender and sexuality, the Vietnam War, and the 21st century. This course can be taken independently from HIST-2576.
Restrictions
Students may not hold credit for this course and HIST-2606 | HIST-2600.
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