HIS 232 - United States History: Reconstruction to the Present

1. Reconstruction and Post-Reconstruction Eras
2. Westward Expansion
3. Populist and Progressive Movements
4. Imperialism
5. Jim Crow, racism and racialist thought
6. Second Industrial Revolution and the workers' responses
7. Modern economics: corporations and consumer culture
8. World Wars
9. Cold War
10. Modernization Theory: the welfare/warfare state
11. Civil Rights Movements
12. Conservatism and Neoliberalism
13. Globalization
14. Culture, ethnicity/race, class, and/or gender
15. Theories, methods, and historiography

1. Evaluate historical events through different historical methods, theories, and interpretations. (1-19)
2. Define and utilize relevant terminology. (1-18) 
3. Contrast common memory to historical evidence. (1-19)
4. Locate, retrieve, and analyze primary and secondary historical sources. (1-19) 
5. Evaluate the reliability and objectivity of various forms of historical evidence. (1-19)
6. Evaluate and analyze historical issues. (1-18)
7. Formulate questions, make inferences, form generalizations, and draw conclusions from historical research. (1-19)
8. Create, organize, and support a thesis in written and/or oral form. (1-19)
9. Employ accurate and required citation format. (1-19)
10. Evaluate the issues of culture, ethnicity/race and/or gender, class and cultural diversity in the context of American history. (1-19) 
11. Interpret events and actions within appropriate temporal and spatial contexts. (1-19)
12. Define the cultural, political, religious, scientific/technological, and economic structures that contributed to the development of American history. (1-19) 
13. Define and articulate the pivotal events in American history within their historical context and interpret their contributions towards change and continuity (or cause and effect) of the historical period. (1-18)
14. Analyze major constitutional issues. (5-7, 18-19)
15. Evaluate environmental impact within a regional context. (1-10, 14-16)
16. Contrast different catalysts or issues within the Civil Rights Movement. (5-8, 12,15,16)

1. Engage in active, informed and scholarly discussion.
2. Identify, locate and analyze primary source materials germane to historical study.
3. Conduct scholarly research using a research library.
4. Employ thoughtful and precise writing (a minimum of 2500 words), critical reasoning, and analytical discourse through assigned writing tasks, essay examinations, journals, and research papers.