Social, economic, and political transformations between 1877-1920 that marked the emergence of the modern United States. Topics include industrialization, urbanization, immigration, reform, race relations, women's rights, workers' movements, national politics, and foreign policy.

HST 305 offers students the opportunity to learn and analyze the momentous events, themes, and movements of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, a period during which Americans took decisive steps toward the creation of a modern national state that be a major world power by 1920

The course combines traditional lecture, reading, and writing with active learning, including primary source research and digital history. Students are expected to become practitioners of key skills that the foundation of the discipline of history--including subject knowledge, primary source research, critical analysis, and communication (written, oral, digital). The latter three are skills that are applicable across academic fields and careers.

This Omeka site is the dedicated to the Spring 2023 HST 305 students' Omeka Exhibits based on a topic of their choosing and based on their own original research.