This class exists in these courses :
• Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines - Licence 2 Langues, Civilisation Etrangère - Anglais - S3 - 2 ECTS

Learning outcomes

Acquire an understanding of the key historical moments and social movements in the United States in the 1865-1940 period;
Acquire ability to reason and explain the causes and consequences of key events in the period studied;
Learn to analyse and comment on primary and secondary documents;
Acquire oral and written skills in English

Course description

The course focuses on the history of the United States from the end of the Civil War to the Great Depression. Course units are divided as follows:
Reconstruction
African Americans under Reconstruction and Beyond
Native American Indians
Western Settlement
The Growth of Big Business
The Labor Movement
American Imperialism
The Progressive Era
Prosperity and the Stock Market Crash
The Great Depression and the New Deal

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