America Between the Wars

3 units

This course will examine the United States during the decades between World War I and World War II. In the years between 1919 and 1945, Americans experienced significant economic, political, and cultural change. The great wealth and excess of the roaring twenties came to an abrupt halt with the stock market crash and the deprivation of the Great Depression. The government's restorative efforts in the thirties and America's entry into World War II led to the emergence of the US as a superpower in 1945. The twenties and thirties defined the generations that lived through them and forged a modern national identity. Students will gain a better understanding of how the country was changed and modernized by these two decades.