HIST 112 — United States History II (3 Credits, Fall/Spring/Summer)
This course examines the evolution of the United States between 1865 and the present. Emphasis is placed on tracing the development of the American political system, economic institutions, social structure, and culture during the Gilded Age, the Progressive era, the Great Depression, the World Wars, and the Cold War. During the modern era, the U.S. had to confront issues of national integration, upheaval in race/class/gender relations, economic change, corporatization, and America's role as a world power. The course ends with a discussion of politics, society, the economy, and information technology in our era. (This CWI course meets Idaho State Board of Education GEM competency requirements for GEM 6 - Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing.) . (3 lecture hours, 0 lab hours, 3 credits)
Part of
- Anthropology - Associate of Arts Degree (AA)*
- Communication - Associate of Arts Degree (AA)
- Elementary Education - Associate of Arts Degree (AA)
- General Studies - Associate of Arts Degree (AA)*
- History - Associate of Arts Degree (AA)*
- Philosophy - Associate of Arts Degree (AA)*
- Political Science - Associate of Arts Degree (AA)*
- Secondary Education - Social Science - Associate of Arts Degree (AA)
- Studio Art - Associate of Arts Degree (AA)