This course covers the political, social, and cultural history of the United States from the Reconstruction period to the present. It examines the rebuilding of the nation after the Civil War; settlement in the Midwest and industrilization; the Progressive Era; World War I; the 1920's and the Great Depression; World War II; the Cold War at home and abroad; the political and cultural transformation of the 1960s and 1970s; and the resurgence of conservatism.
- Teacher: Kara Johnson