HIST 2153 - Survey of American History II

Introductory survey from the Civil War to the present. Reconstruction and nationalism, the Western migration, the impact of industrialization and urbanization, the rise of organized labor and agriculture, America's cautious emergence as a world power, the extremes of economic prosperity and depression, the "hot" and "cold" wars, the age of media and rising expectations, the mass culture, and the mystery of the present are the broad topics covered.