Sep 16, 2024  
2024-2025 Academic Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Academic Catalog

HIST 1016 - US History from Reconstruction


Credits: 3

This course is an examination of major themes in the development of the United States from the Reconstruction Period to the Cold War and beyond. Topics include Reconstruction, westward expansion, the effects of industrialization and urbanization in America, the rise of imperialism and the growth of the U.S. as a world power, the World Wars, the Great Depression, and the Cold War. In this course, students will also explore the fight for suffrage, civil rights, gender equality, and freedom movements.

Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENG 1010  or ENG 0910  
General Education Code: Historical Knowledge & Understanding (HISX)
Elective Code(s): HUM, LART
Previous HIS* 202