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Civil War And Reconstruction Prerequisite: None Did the United States develop a political and social identity in the early-nineteenth century, or were people more concerned with state and regional issues than with national questions? What were the problems, tensions, and conflicts that both united and divided the various sections of the country in the decades preceding the Civil War? This course takes a regional approach in its examinations of the tensions and problems that led to the conflict. 3.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture School of Arts and Sciences College History Department Course Attributes: American History
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PREREQUISITE: JUNIOR OR SENIOR STANDING United States history from the colonial period to the present is explored from the vantage point of enduring great issues, such as democracy, capitalism, and civil rights, among others. Issues change from semester to semester. This course is especially suited to upper class students with no previous college history and for those seeking teacher certification. HIS 310 may not be used to fulfill any history major requirements and is closed to students who have taken HIS 120 or HIS 121 or their equivalents.
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The Gilded Age To World War I Prerequisite: None The United States underwent fundamental changes during the late nineteenth century that brought the nation to the verge of becoming a world economic and political power. This course considers such important topics as immigration, the growth of cities, industrialization, agricultural and labor unrest, America's debut as a world power, and the great reforms of the Progressive Era. 3.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture School of Arts and Sciences College History Department Course Attributes: American History
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The United States Between The Wars Prerequisite: None The Roaring Twenties introduced Americans to the wonders of the modern age, including the automobile, radio, air travel, motion pictures, home appliances, and consumer credit, but these fast-paced changes also caused problems. Tensions between rural and uban centers helped set the scene for the reemergence of the Klu Klux Klan, immigration restriction, conflict over Prohibition, market crash, the Great Depression that followed, New Deal efforts to come to terms with a shattered economy, and the coming of World War II. 3.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture School of Arts and Sciences College History Department Course Attributes: American History
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United States After World War II Prerequisite: None The post-World War II decades brought the United States to the height of its powers and to center stage in world affairs. At the same time, Americans at home experienced significant changes in their social and economic lives. Topics include the Cold War, the Korean and Vietnam wars, and the implications of Pax Americana as well as post-war conformity, the growth of suburban life, and the civil rights movement. 3.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture School of Arts and Sciences College History Department Course Attributes: American History
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Women and Family in Western Society Prerequisite: None This course examines the evolution of the family and women's roles in Europe from the Reformation to the twentieth-century. Important themes include education, childrearing, demographic changes, the household economy, changing gender roles, feminism, the effects of new ideologies on ideas of the family, and the development of the welfare state. 3.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture School of Arts and Sciences College History Department
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History Of U.S. Foreign Relations Prerequisite: None A survey of U.S. Foreign Policy from the Revolution to the Cold War. Topics include the rise of the U.S. to superpower status, reactions to U.S. economic, political and military power, and the development and consequences of the Cold War. 3.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture School of Arts and Sciences College History Department
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Connecticut History Prerequisite: None The course examines the growth and development of Connecticut from the colonial period to the present. The settlement of Connecticut followed closely that of Massachusetts. Yet many people believe that it is different from the rest of New England, because Connecticut did not share fully the Yankee traditions, values, and institutions long associated with the rest of traditional New England. Just how unique is Connecticut? 3.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture School of Arts and Sciences College History Department
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African American History To 1877 Prerequisite: None A survey of the history of the African people in the United States from the African background through emancipation. Emphasis is on American slavery, abolition, Civil War, the free African American community, and Reconstruction. 3.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture School of Arts and Sciences College History Department Course Attributes: African American, American History, GER IVA-Social Sciences
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African American History Since 1877 Prerequisite: None This course emphasizes African American leadership, organizations, achievements, and struggles for equality in America since 1877. Major topics include Jim Crowism, migration, education, American imperialism, and African American involvement in the two world wars as well as the role of "black leadership" and the Civil Rights Movement. 3.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture School of Arts and Sciences College History Department Course Attributes: African American, American History, GER IVA-Social Sciences
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