United States History II: Reconstruction to the Present - Surveys the development of United States civilization from Reconstruction to the present. (3 Credits)
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Roark, J.L, Johnson, M.P., Furstenberg, R, Cohen, P.C., Stage, S., Hartmann, S. M. & Igo, S. E. (2020) The American Promise Value Edition, Volume 2 : From 1865: A history of the United States, (Eighth Edition). Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's. ISBN 978-1-319-20896-7
Johnson, M.P., (2020), Reading the American Past: Selected Historical Documents, Vol. 2 : From 1865(Eighth Edition). Boston: Bedford/St Martin's. ISBN 978-1-319-21201-8
Strunk, W., & White, E. B. (2000). The elements of style (4th edition). Needham Heights, MA: Longman (Pearson). ISBN13: 978-0-205-30902-3 or ISBN10: 0-205-30902-X softcover
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| 1: Reconstruction; the Contested West; Business and Politics in the Gilded Age 1863-1900 |
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| 2: Urban Growth; Dissent, Depression and War; Progressive Reform: 1870-1916 |
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| 3: World War I; The New Era of the 1920s to the Great Depression; The New Deal Experiment: 1914-1939 |
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| 4: World War II; The Cold War and Postwar Culture and Politics 1939-1960 |
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| 5: Rights, Rebellion and Reaction; Confronting Limits; Divisions at Home and Abroad in a Conservative Era; Globalization: America in a New Century |
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Total points = 100 points |
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