Meets General Education Pluralism in Contemporary America requirement. An examination of U.S. foreign policy with special attention given to the Cold War and its aftermath. Cross-listed with POS 315. An examination of the causes, nature, and consequences of the American Civil War. A study of historical change in the lives, experiences, legal status, and social status of African-Americans from the abolition of slavery to the present.
Special attention is given to African-American campaigns to secure political and social equality.
Meets General Education Pluralism in Contemporary America requirement. Addresses social, cultural, economic, political, and military issues. Meets General Education Pluralism in Contemporary America requirement. Emphasis is given to the political, social, economic, and cultural factors which shaped American life during the Jefferson-ian and Jacksonian eras. Focus is on the transformation of a rural, agrarian society into an urban industrial world power.