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2023-2024 Academic Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HIST 1016H - US History from Reconstruction with Honors


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. As this is an honors course, students will be required to complete additional readings and a research paper or project.

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