Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area D4 · CSU GE Area D8 · CSU GE Area D6 · CSU GE Area D3 · CSU American Institutions Area US1DescriptionThis course is a survey of United States History from Reconstruction to the present. Emphasis is on the political, economic, intellectual, and social forces which have molded modern America. The course covers significant persons, events, and issues from our nation's past. Covered topics include all geographical regions ultimately encompassed by the United States, racial, class, religious, and gender conflicts, immigration, politics, economics, culture, the development of a national identity and American institutions, as well as the United States rise as a major world power. A study of California state and local government is included in this course. This course fulfills the Delta College American Institutions (Area 4) requirement for the associate degree general education pattern. It can be applied toward the Social, Political, and Economic Institutions requirement (Area D) in the CSU general education pattern as well as the American Institutions graduation requirement. (HBCU, UC, CSU, C-ID HIST 140) Back to Top | Print-Friendly Page (opens a new window) Facebook this Page (opens a new window) Tweet this Page (opens a new window) Add to Favorites (opens a new window) All catalogs © 2026 San Joaquin Delta College. Powered by Modern Campus Catalog™ . 