American Survey:Reconstruction - Present (HIST 142)

Term: 2019-2020 Spring Term

Faculty

Dr. David ContostaShow MyInfo popup for Dr. David Contosta

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Schedule

Mon-Wed, 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM (1/13/2020 - 5/6/2020) Location: MAIN SJ 248

Description

An exploration of the major movements, events, persons, and ideas of American history from the end of the Civil War to the present day. Includes the Industrial Revolution and growth of cities, progressive reform, and the nation?s rise to world power. World War I, the roaring twenties, the Great Depression and the New Deal, World War II, the Cold War, the Sixties counterculture, civil rights and the gender revolution, the rise and decline of presidential power, the evolution of political parties, the role of the Supreme Court, the importance of science and technology, major ideas of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, material and popular culture. Core: History requirement.