The history of the U.S. in the 20th century.
Central themes are freedom, the state, empire,
social movements, and public memory. Topics may
include the rise of imperialism; the demise of
Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow; the
development of industrial capitalism;
Progressivism; the World Wars; consumer culture;
the Great Migration; the Depression and New Deal;
the Cold War; the rights revolutions of the 1950s,
'60s, and '70s; Vietnam; and the rise of the
Right.