XPE 9050 -- Ideological Civil War in the U. S. 12 Contact Hours (Offered as Needed) The United States of America is in another civil war. Not a civil war with violent hostilities over the issue of slavery, but an ideological civil war between the principles upon which the Founding Fathers based our Constitution and the Progressive Movement. The battle is being played out in our national politics, in our schools, in the media, and in our daily lives. This class looks at the history and principles upon which our Constitution is based, the history and principles of the Progressive Movement, and how their differences are playing out in this civil war of ideologies today.