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Introduction to the History of the United States: From the Civil War to the Present

XB7B (4 semester units in History)

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You survey U.S. history from the 1870s to the new millennium in this course. You increase your knowledge of events, institutions, and prominent historic figures while developing skills in historical analysis and interpretation.

Topics include the settlement of the West, industrial growth, progressivism, the emergence of a consumer culture, the causes and effects of the principal wars since the Civil War, affluence and scarcity since World War II, the cultural revolution of the 1960s, Watergate, and the resurgence of conservatism.

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