HIST& 148: US History III

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Class Program
History
Distribution
Social Science
Credits 5 Lecture Hours 55

This course examines the important figures, events, and themes in the history of the United Sates during the 20th century, including the two World Wars, the Great Depression and New Deal, the Cold War and growth of the modern middle class, the civil rights movements, the Vietnam War and its aftermath, and the increasing political polarization following the end of the Cold War. 

Prerequisites

None

Quarters Offered
Fall,
Winter,
Spring
Course Outcomes

1. Identify important people, developments, and ideas that have shaped American history across the 20th century.

2. Explain how ideas about democracy, freedom, and individualism found expression in the development of cultural values and institutions.

3. Explain how and why political ideas, beliefs, institutions and party systems developed and changed.

4. Explain how different labor systems developed, and explain their effects on worker’s lives and U.S. society.

5. Explain how different group identities, including racial, ethnic, class, region, and religion have emerged and changed over time.

6. Explain the causes of migration to the United States and analyze immigration’s effects on society.

7. Analyze the reasons for and results of U.S. diplomatic, economic, and military initiatives overseas.

8. Identify and articulate parallels between challenges of the past and the issues of today.

9. Analyze, synthesize, and present information and knowledge pertaining to American history.

10. Demonstrate communication skills, both written and oral, by employing primary evidence in support of carefully formed conclusions regarding the historical record of the American past.

Institutional Outcomes

PO4: Students will be able to recognize or articulate personal/interpersonal aspects of, or connections between, diverse cultural, social, or political contexts.

Course Content Outline
  1. The Progressive Era (Inc. World War I) 1900-1920
  2. The Interwar Years: the Harlem Renaissance, Modernism, Depression, and the Nadir of Segregation (1920-1941)
  3. World War Two (1937-1945)
  4. Postwar American Society and the Cold War (1945-1960)
  5. The Civil Rights Movement for African Americans (1936-1965)
  6. The Vietnam Experience (1954-1973)
  7. The Civil Rights Movement for Native Americans, LGBTQ+, and Women (1965-1980s)
  8. The Deep Dark Seventies (1973-1981)
  9. The Decade of Excess (1981-1988)
  10. The Bush and Clinton Years (1988-2000)
  11. Current Events (2001-20??)