In the last decades of the 19th Century, the United States took decisive steps away from its rural, agrarian past toward its industrial future, assuming its place among world powers. This course examines that movement, covering such topics as business-labor relations, political corruption, immigration, imperialism, the New South, and segregation and racism.
Instructors: Dan Monroe is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of History at Millikin University. He is the author of The Republican Vision of John Tyler. Matthew Norman is Assistant Professor of History, University of Cincinnati Blue Ash. He has published widely on Abraham Lincoln, emancipation, and abolition.