HIS 112 American Civilization II

Fall-Spring Semesters

This course provides a survey of American Civilization from Reconstruction after the American Civil War to the present. Among the topics to be examined will be: post Civil War Reconstruction of the nation, westward expansion in the late nineteenth century, industrialization, Progressive reform in industrial America, World War I, the Great Depression, World War II, the Cold War, Vietnam and the Great Society, and America in the late twentieth century. These topics will be presented chronologically with an emphasis on the evolution of a distinctive American culture and character.

3 credit hours
Satisfies Foundations - American Citizenship for “Generation Next”