Overview
Description
U.S. political, social, economic, diplomatic and cultural development from 1865 to the present. Satisfies the U.S. and Nevada Constitution requirements.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring
Terms
spring
Core
CO8
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- outline the development and transformation of the key ideals and institutions in the U.S. from 1865 to the present.
- explain the origins, philosophical foundations, and core principles of the United States and Nevada Constitutions and how they were enacted over time.
- analyze and interpret primary sources in different forms, including documents, film, popular media, photographs, and autobiography.
- identify how historians have interpreted historical problems and use secondary and primary sources to provide logical, substantiated arguments in support of or in opposition to those interpretations.
- clearly and effectively articulate an original interpretation or argument in verbal and written form.