HIST 1746 - U.S. History Since 1877

4 Credits

This course surveys the political and social history of the United States from the end of the Reconstruction Period to the present. Course themes address urbanization, industrialization, immigration and demographic shifts, gender roles, as well as the country’s evolving foreign policy and place in the world. The course also covers significant events and eras including the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, the Great Depression, World Wars I and II, the Cold War, the war in Vietnam, the Civil Rights Movement, Social Movements of the 1960s and 1970s, and the political and cultural debates of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Throughout, the course examines the interactions between racialized groups and the power dynamics and social structures created through such interactions, including the establishment and maintenance of racial segregation and the quest to dismantle it. 4C/4/0/0

Prerequisite(s): READ 0721 or READ 0724 or EAPP 0860 with a grade of “C” or better or concurrent enrollment or appropriate assessment score

Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s): Goals 5 & 7