Syllabus

Course Code: HIS-E-20    Course Name: History of the U.S.A.- II (1865-1945)

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 Reconstruction after Civil War: Presidential, Radical and Congressional Plans; Economic Changes: Growth of Capitalism and the Big Business; Growth of Industries and Agriculture
2 Popular Movements and the Political Reforms: Farmers’ Unrest and Populism; Causes of the Labour Unrest and Rise of Unionism; The Progressive Movement and Reforms under Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson
3 Emergence of U.S.A. as an Imperial Power: Spanish-American War; Foreign Policies of Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson; U.S.A. and World War-I
4 U.S.A. between Two Wars: Post-War Developments from Harding to Hoover; Economic Depression and its Effects; Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal; U.S.A and World War – II
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