HST 203 United States History: 1900 to Present

1. Describe the major political, social, economic, and cultural transformations in American history from 1900 to the present. 
2. Compare the racial, economic, and ethnic groups in American society from 1900 to those in the present day. 
3. Analyze the ways in which an unequal distribution of economic and political power has shaped the modern American nation. 
4. Analyze how other historical issues and ideas have also affected the development of the modern American nation. 
5. Prepare a written analysis of historical documents, issues or ideas. 
6. Analyze primary historical documents. 
7. Evaluate historians’ arguments and different methods of historical inquiry about an issue or time period. 

Statewide General Education Outcomes:

1. Apply analytical skills to social phenomena in order to understand human behavior. 
2. Apply knowledge and experience to foster personal growth and better appreciate the diverse social world in which we live. 

Cultural Literacy Outcomes:

1. Identify and analyze complex practices, values, and beliefs and the culturally and historically defined meanings of difference. 

• Introduction to the Historical Profession and Historiography  
• Ethnic, Class and Gender Divisions in the U.S. in 1900 
• Progressive Reform, 1900-1920 
• U.S. Steps Onto the World Stage: World War I 
• Transformation of Gender Roles, 1900 to the present 
• Development of a Modern America in the 1920s 
• Economic Upheaval and Political Transformations in the Great Depression of the 1930s 
• World War II: The War Abroad and Cultural Conflict at Home 
• Cold War At Home and Abroad 
• Cultural Revolution of the 1960s: Movements for Social Change 
• Vietnam War At Home and Abroad 
• 1970s 
• Modern America, 1980-2000