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Apr 25, 2024
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ARCHIVED 2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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HST 225 - U.S. History since 19453.00 credit hours
This course examines the major events in social, economic, political and cultural history in the United States since World War II. The topics analyzed include the Cold War and American prosperity in the 1950s, the Civil Rights movements by African Americans and others in the 1960s and the impact of the Vietnam War. We also study the collapse of the New Deal coalition, conservative responses to this era’s upheavals, the shift from an industrial economy to a service economy and America’s role in the world since the end of the Cold War.
Prerequisite(s): One humanities or social science course.
Core: Humanities or Social Science.
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