Orange County
115 South St Middletown, NY 10940
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The following is fulfilled by this course:
- US History and Civic Engagement
Orange County has listed this a core course in the following categories:
The core course can be applied to following SUNY Transfer Paths:
HIS 102
United States History 2
Course surveys the Reconstruction Era within the context of the 13, 14, and 15 Amendments, their impacts and interpretations. An examination of the issues inherent in the change from an agrarian to an industrial society, the course focuses on dislocations in rural America, the rise of cities, immigration, and the labor movement. An assessment of twentieth century U.S. participation in world events, and the balance of power between the superpowers and Third World nations are included.