HS 1170 - U.S. History since 1877

It is impossible to understand modern America without a thorough examination of the country’s post-Civil War transformation into a global superpower. In this second half of the U.S. History survey, we will take a trip through the Gilded Age, Progressive Era, and two World Wars in order to understand how the United States emerged from a half-century of conflict with its great rival, the Soviet Union, as the world’s last and greatest superpower. Offered every spring. Credits: 4