Over an 11-week course, students studied many political and social events in US history from 1865 to the present, including Reconstruction, the Progressive Era, Jim Crow, the Roaring 20s, the Great Depression, the Cold War, the Civil Rights movement, and the rise of the Information Age. The document discusses how people struggled for rights and freedoms and had to adapt to changes in the economy, technology, laws, and society over this time period. Students are asked to reflect on the long-term impacts of specific historical events or examples on their own lives and the modern workplace.