The student will be required to complete a major paper or project. This course may also be taken as GB 205. Students receiving credit in this course cannot receive credit for HIS 204 or GB 204 or 205. Analyzes the present status of different Hispanic groups and the problems that minority groups encounter in American society. An introductory course in American history from its immediate European background through the Civil War Era.
Special emphasis is given to the growth of institutions and ideas.
The political, economic, and social experiences of the young Republic, and their influence on contemporary American are also examined. Sem Hrs A survey of modern America from the Gilded Age to the present with special emphasis on the formation of American character traits. Topics such as the frontier, abundance, growth of government and regulation, the Depressions, and the Cold War will be examined for their influence upon the development of the American individual. 3 Sem Hrs A survey of American Civil War era, from the origins of sectional conflict through reconstruction. While tracing the narrative development of major events, the course will examine the social, economic, political, and technological changes brought by the war, which made the Civil War the defining event in modern American history.