This course is designed to introduce students to the study of the major social, political, economic, and intellectual developments that shaped American history from the Reconstruction Era through Modern Day. Topics may include the emergence of the surveys the Reconstructions Era within the context of the 13, 14, and 15 Amendments, their impacts and interpretations; race, class, and gender in the in the close of the Nineteenth Century as well as in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries; the change from an agrarian to an industrial society, immigration, and the labor movement. An assessment of twentieth century/twenty-first century U.S. participation in world events, as well as the balance of power between the superpowers and Third World nations are included. The Civil Rights Movement, as well as other various social movements will be discussed. Special attention will be paid to the topics of diversity, agency, political participation, and the development of systems and institutions. Students will also be introduced to historiography and historical methodology. Fulfills category A.