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MCCC College Catalog 2024-2025 
    
MCCC College Catalog 2024-2025

HIST 155 - History of US/1877-Present


Credit Hours: 3
Billable Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENGL 090  and RDG 090  or qualifying scores on accepted placement tests
C6 General Education Social Systems Satisfier Y
MTA Social Sciences Satisfier Y
Session Cycle: WSU

This course is a survey of American history from the end of Reconstruction to the present. It will examine industrialization; urbanization; ethnic and racial diversity; economic conditions; political, social, cultural and intellectual trends; the growth of America as a world power; the Cold War; and the growth of the federal government. The purpose of this course is to have the student understand the historical roots of modern America.