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American Government

Code Cours
2324-FLSH-LCE-EN-2003
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Establishment
FLSH - Faculté des Lettres & Sciences Humaines
Language of instruction
French, English
This course occurs in the following program(s)
Bachelor of Arts in the Humanities - Foreign Languages, Foreign Literature and Civilisations; English Specialityn - Crédits ECTS:
Training officer(s)
June Srichinda
Period
S3

Présentation

Goal

Acquire an understanding of the key historical moments and social movements in the United States in the 1865-1940 period;
Acquire ability to reason and explain the causes and consequences of key events in the period studied;
Learn to analyse and comment on primary and secondary documents;
Acquire oral and written skills in English

Presentation

The course focuses on the history of the United States from the end of the Civil War to the Great Depression. Course units are divided as follows:
Reconstruction
African Americans under Reconstruction and Beyond
Native American Indians
Western Settlement
The Growth of Big Business
The Labor Movement
American Imperialism
The Progressive Era
Prosperity and the Stock Market Crash
The Great Depression and the New Deal

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