Twentieth-Century America, 1929-1960

This course explores the political, social, and diplomatic history of the United States from the Great Depression and FDR's New Deal to the Affluent society and Eisenhower equilibrium of the 1950's. In addition to the response to the economic crisis of the 1930s, topics include the challenge of totalitarian fascism, World War II and its impact, and postwar America with emphasis on Truman's Fair Deal, the emerging Cold War, the Red Scare and McCarthyism, and the "American High" of the 1950s. 2 hrs. lect., 1 hr. disc.