HIS 1200 - U.S. History II: from Post-Civil War to the Present

3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.

This class introduces students to fundamental challenges the U.S. faced after the Civil War, such as integrating four million formerly enslaved people during Reconstruction; deciding which groups should be allowed in as immigrants; relating as a more powerful nation to the rest of the world; responding to economic crises like the Great Depression; adapting to urbanization and suburbanization; addressing political polarization; and responding to demands for greater rights from workers, people of color, women, and other disenfranchised groups.

Flexible Core: U.S. Experience in Its Diversity (Group B)
Department: History, Philosophy and Political Science