History of the U.S. from 1877 to the Present — HIST 1200
Course Description
Credits: 4.00
Lecture Hours/Week: 4.00
Lab Hours/Week: 0.00
OJT Hours/Week: 0
Prerequisites:
None
Corequisites:
None
MnTC Goals:
05 – Hist/Soc/Behav Sci
7A – Human Diversity
7B – Race/Power/Justice
This course will survey the major historical events of the United States from 1877 to the present. The text emphasizes political and social developments while the secondary readings provide a closer examination of this period's major themes.
Meets MnTC Goal 5 & 7.
Course Effective Dates: 8/22/02 – Present
Outline of Major Content Areas
9/11 and the Post-9/11 World
Civil Rights
Cold War
Depression
Imperialism
Industrial Revolution
Progressive Era
Reconstruction
The End of the Cold War
World War I
World War II
Learning Outcomes
analyze primary and secondary sources
connect themes through time from reconstruction to the present
develop skills on writing historical essays
explore multiple perspectives on historical issues
survey the major political and social events of the United States
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum Goal Area(s) and Competencies Goal 05 — Hist/Soc/Behav Sci
Employ the methods and data that historians and social and behavioral scientists use to investigate the human condition.
Examine social institutions and processes across a range of historical periods and cultures.
Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories.
Goal 7A — Human Diversity
Understand the development of and the changing meanings of group identities in the United States' history and culture.
Demonstrate an awareness of the individual and institutional dynamics of unequal power relations between groups in contemporary society.
Describe and discuss the experience and contributions (political, social, economic, etc.) of the many groups that shape American society and culture, in particular those groups that have suffered discrimination and exclusion.
Goal 7B — Race/Power/Justice
Understand historical and contemporary systemic structures of racism that sustain social, political, economic, and/or environmental inequities, particularly for Black, Indigenous lands and people, and other communities of color.
Describe individual and institutional dynamics of unequal power relations among racial groups in the United States- and how inequality is maintained by redefining race and other social identities and structures.
Examine significant challenges of and contributions by people in the United States who have experienced racism and other forms of oppression such as sexism, classism, ableism, heterosexism, transphobia, antisemitism, and Islamophobia.
