History 407 - Emergence of Modern America, 1850-1920 (Three semester hours)

This course examines the final crisis between the sections over the issue of slavery which produced Civil War, slavery’s destruction, and opened a long tortured effort fully define citizenship for those freed from slavery’s grasp. Industrialization and its complications brought political radicalism and demands for reform. Economic growth helped fuel expansion overseas, greater involvement in international affairs, and involvement
in the First World War.

Majors Prerequisite or co-requisite: History 253. Non-Majors Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.