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Aug 31, 2024
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HIST 233 - WWII:Global & Social Issues 4 credit(s) This class will analyze the origins and impact of the Second World War. We will begin in 1918 by looking at the Treaty of Versailles that ended the Great War, trace the rise of Mussolini and Hitler, examine the world-wide economic crisis in the 1930s, and isolationism in America. We will also investigate American life during the war, Japanese internment and negative portrayals of Japanese in US propaganda, the Holocaust, atomic warfare, the plight of gay and black soldiers, and the postwar world that led to American global power as well as a new Cold War with the Soviet Union. Core Requirement(s): Counts toward core requirements: Historical Context and Diverse Perspectives.
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