Measured Learning Outcomes -- Ability to:
- Describe and assess the process by which the United States was economically, politically and socially transformed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- Evaluate the socio-economic conditions in the American South and westward expansion.
- Determine the processes of assimilation and acculturation expected of immigrants to the United States from 1900 to the present.
- Identify and analyze the causation, sequence of events, concepts, development, and impact of various American political reform movements, such as Populism and Progressivism, and the changing role of women.
- Identify the reason for the United States' involvement in World War I including isolationism and progressivism.
- Interpret the events leading to the Great Depression and World War II.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the Cold War, Civil Rights, and Conservatism.
- Examine terrorism, war, and the economic and environmental disasters of the 21st century.
- Deliver a presentation prepared to demonstrate particular aspects of social change.
- Demonstrate college-level writing skills by incorporating material into clear sentences and cohesive paragraphs.