HIS 2203 - Reaction And Reform: The U.S. From 1877-1939

3 cr

The history of the U.S. from the Gilded Age to the New Deal, a turbulent era that witnessed—among other things—the wild west, unionization, the Populists, Teddy Roosevelt, the Spanish-American War, progressivism, feminism, the Great War, the Roaring Twenties, eugenics, the Great Depression, and FDR. The course emphasizes such themes as the emergence of the U.S. as a world power, the increased role of the federal government, and above all, the ebb and flow of reform and reaction.
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