This course examines the tumultuous history of the United States between 1914 and 1945. Topics will includee the profound economic upheaval of the period; the rise of consumerism and mass culture, racial, ethnic, and religious conflict; the women’s suffrage movement and changing gender roles; the Great Depression; the labor movement; the New Deal and the development of the welfare state; and the ascendancy of the U.S. to global superpower.