HIST 12M - United States History since 18

    Recent Professors
    Gregory Knittel, RaeAnn Ramsey, Hai Nguyen
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026
    Class Size
    45 students
    Difficulty
    6.1Demandingout of 10
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    Not transferable
    Description
    This course is a historical survey of the United States from the end of the Civil War to the present. The course also introduces students to historical reasoning skills. This course is a survey of the political, economic, social and cultural history of the United States from 1877 to the present. Topics covered include industrialization and urbanization, the rise of big business, completion of westward expansion, Native American cultures, the Progressive Era, World War I, the 1920s and Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, World War II, the Cold War, the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights and other social, ethnic, and gender movements of the post-World War II era, and post-Cold War American domestic and foreign policy. This course was previously known as HIS 017B
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 10:55am–12:20pm, Tue Thu 12:40pm–2:05pm, Wed 6:00pm–9:10pm