HIST 368: The Gilded Age and Progressive Era United States

Course Description

During the Gilded age, innovations in industry and transportation created great wealth and attracted millions of immigrants to growing cities. This burst of growth also created problems such as environmental devastation, urban slums, labor violence, political corruption, and racial/ethnic tensions. The people behind the Progressive movement (including many well-known Progressive reformers and politicians in Wisconsin) attempted to find solutions to these problems by studying new fields of knowledge and experimenting with new forms of government. Chronologically covers the end of the Civil War through the end of World War I. Prerequisites: Junior standing or any 200-level History course or instructor consent.