HIST 309 - Americans in the Gilded Age, 1865-1905

4 Hour(s) Credit
Explore American politics and society between Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. Cover the challenges of Reconstruction and subsequent race relations, industrial transformation and its discontents, everyday life of immigrants and native-born, science and religion, the depression of the 1890s, and continental and overseas imperialism.
Three hours per week with enhancement
Meets General Education IIB.
Prerequisites Sophomore standing or permission of instructor