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This course provides an introduction to the history of the United States since 1865, emphasizing social and political changes in American life and America's role in an increasingly interdependent world. The course explores how new interpretations of American history enable us to rethink traditional historical narratives. Many historians now contend that developments central to the making of the nation - such as the Civil War, the Great Depression, World War II, and the Cold War- can be fully understood only in an international or global context. Students are expected to acquire a basic foundation in American history - key terms and events - as well as an understanding of how historians interpret and debate the past.