HIST 2063 U.S. History in the Twentieth Century
The cataclysm of World War I produced international economic catastrophe, masked initially in America by an emerging consumer economy and the Jazz Age. Economic depression produced a climate in which the government became the insurer of general prosperity. World War II ended the Great Depression, produced the modern middle-class but also began a period of prolonged international competition with the Soviet Union. Despite prevailing over communism, the United States closed the century facing international uncertainty and economic limits.
Prerequisite
HIST 1003, HIST 1013, HIST 2013, and HIST 2023
Corequisite
None
Offered
Spring (alternate with HIST 2073)