Transfers ToCSUDescriptionGeneral Education: SCC: Area 3, Area 4; Cal-GETC: Area 3B, Area 4, CSU2 Survey of the history of the United States from Reconstruction to the present. Examines the major economic, social, political, and cultural events that shaped the United States and their impact on American life. This course also examines the United States' increasing involvement in world affairs. Special emphasis is placed on analyzing the cause and effect relationships in U.S. history and on the historical interpretation of events and trends in U.S. history. HIST - History 