Progressive America: 1900-1940 (HIST 236)

Term: 2018-2019 Spring Term

Faculty

Dr. David ContostaShow MyInfo popup for Dr. David Contosta

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Schedule

Mon-Wed, 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM (1/14/2019 - 5/8/2019) Location: MAIN MH 314

Description

Explores the similarities and differences between the two great reform movements of the first half of the twentieth century: the Progressive Era and the New Deal. Topics include the settlement house movement, women?s suffrage, prohibition, the social gospel, political reform, problems of the city, ?normalcy? and the critics of progressivism, the progressive education movement, the influence of movies and the radio, the Great Depression, the rise of entitlements and the welfare state, the realignment of political parties, the emergence of the modern presidency and its critics, and the New York World?s Fair of 1939. Core: History requirement.