Gilded Age/Progressive Era

Prerequisite: A grade of C- or better in any WC&IL II course or HON 1000.

A course that covers the new urban/industrial order at the turn of the century and examines the responses that this new landscape engendered both at home and abroad. The course is organized around the theme of conflict, including class, cultural, and political conflict. Topics include industrialization, imperialism, populism, progressivism, race relations, roaring twenties, and the onset of the Great Depression.

Credit: 3