In this course, students will trace the history of the United States from the end of the Reconstruction era to the Contemporary era. Topics will include but are not limited to the rise of industrialization, the United States emergence as an actor on the world stage, Constitutional Amendments and their impact, the Progressive Era, World War I, the Great Depression and New Deal, World War II, the Civil Rights Era, the Cold War, and the United States since 1989. This course satisfies the General Education State Core Social Science/History requirement and partially satisfies the writing requirement of S.B.E. 6A-10.030. This course partially satisfies the Florida State Civic Literacy requirement per Florida Statutes.
Terms Typically Offered:Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits:3.00
Textbook information will be available online for each term's courses 45 days prior to the first day of classes
for the term.
The courses in this catalog are identified by prefixes and numbers that were assigned by Florida's Statewide
Course Numbering System, a system used by all public postsecondary institutions in Florida and 32 non-public
institutions. Seminole State controls the description, credit and content of its own courses.
