HSB 145 - United States History II: 1865 to the Present

3 credit(s)
This course is a survey of American history from the end of the Civil War to the present. It examines the integration of the South and West into the national economy after the Civil War and the challenges that the second wave of industrialism brought to the nation during the Gilded Age. The problems of urbanization, immigration, unemployment, and class conflict at the turn of the century are studied, as well as the efforts by Populists, Progressives, and New Dealers to find solutions to these problems. The course places significant emphasis on America’s growing role in world affairs during both world wars and the Cold War; the second half of the course focuses particularly on the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War.

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