Legacy Course Catalog

HIST 555 - The Emergence Of Modern America, 1865-1916

Effectivity: 08/28/2006 - Fall 2007 *** @ Purdue Calumet Traditional
Credits: 3
Instructional Types: Lec
Usually Offered: fal spr sum
Short Title: Emergence Mdrn America
Description: An examination of the nation that emerged emotionally exhausted from a civil war to become, by the eve of World War I, a land seemingly destined to achieve a degree of perfection not previously attained by the human community. The interaction of a flourishing industrial establishment, floods of immigrants, rapid urbanization, and smoldering racism combined to transform antebellum America into a complex and relatively sophisticated society during those years. Emphasis will be placed upon an analysis of these forces and the men who tried to control them.
Department: History And Political Science
Credit By Exam: NO
Repeatable Flag: NO
Temporary Flag: NO
Full Time Privilege Flag: NO
Honors Flag: NO
Variable Title Flag: NO

Fall 2007 *** indicates the course was still an active course and was transferred to the Banner Catalog effective Spring 2008. This course was not expired Fall 2007.

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