| Program Detail |
: This course surveys U.S. history from the 1870s to the new millennium. You increase your knowledge of events, institutions, and personalities and develop skills of historical analysis and interpretation.
Topics include robber barons and industrial growth, Theodore Roosevelt and progressivism, the roaring 1920s, the Depression and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, World War II and the emergence of the American Empire, Red Scare and McCarthyism, the turbulent 1960s, John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Vietnam, Nixon and Watergate, the sexual revolution, Ronald Reagan and conservatism, and America at the beginning of the next millennium.
A knowledge of American history and institutions is required of students graduating from the University of California. This requirement may be satisfied in varying ways on the several campuses of the University. Some combination of the Online courses: History of the United States XB7A, XB7B, and the Online or Independent Learning version of Introduction to American Politics XB1 will fulfill the requirement on most campuses. Students who wish to use UC Berkeley Extension Online courses for this purpose should determine specifically which are acceptable on the campus they are attending.
History of the United States XB7A or Introduction to American Politics XB1 satisfies the California State Department of Education teaching credential requirement for knowledge of the provisions and principles of the Constitution. |
