Pick up the following books at Textbook Rental:
1. John Mack Faragher,et al., Out of Many: A History of the American People, vol. II
2. Paul Boller and Ronald Story, eds., A More Perfect Union: Documents
in U.S.History,
vol. II
Purchase at the Bookstore:
3. J. William T. Youngs, American Realities, vol.II (third edition)
This course surveys major trends in the cultural, economic, and political history of the U.S., starting with the 1870s and reaching as far as we can toward the present. It will attempt to gain from reading, writing and discussion knowledge of the questions that historians have asked about leading events and persons in the American past. Emphasis will fall on history as an argument and explanation rather than history as a set of unconnected facts.
How will the grade be determined: There will be two major exams, a midterm on July 8th and a final on July 24, 1996. All the exam questions in this course will be of the essay type, either short essays or identifications and longer essays. The exams will test knowledge of specific events, laws, trends and persons as well as more general ideas. Students will be expected to write clearly and at the appropriate college level. The answers should be based on materials presented in textbook, readings, documents, handouts in class, and lectures.
Students are expected to keep up with the reading assignments. There will be two unannounced quizzes testing the recently assigned readings. In addition oral participation will be taken into consideration in determining student grades.
Point distribution:
2 short quizzes 10%
2 hour exams 70%
1 written paper 20%
TOPICS AND READINGS:
1. Introduction and the Rise of Big Business. Read Farragher,
ch.19, ch20 to 636
Youngs, ch. 2 (The Rise of Andrew Carnegie), ch 3. (John Muir)
2. The Progressive Response. Read Farragher, ch. 21
Boller and Story, pp.120-126 (Jane Addams), pp.84-97 (Old South,
New South)
Youngs, ch.1 (Booker T. Washington), ch. 5 (Russian
Jews), ch.6 (Women
Suffrage)
3. World War One Read Farragher, ch. 22
Boller and Story, pp.127-137 (WWI)
4. The 1920s Read Farragher, ch.23
Boller and Story, pp.138-143 (Margaret Sanger)
Youngs, ch.7 (Scopes Trial)
MIDTERM EXAMINATION, July 8, 1996
5. The Great Depression and the New Deal Read
Farragher, ch24
Boller and Story, pp.146-151 (breadlines), pp.152-156 (FDR),
pp.157-162 (steelworkers)
Youngs, ch.8 (Great Depression)
6. Second World War at Home and Abroad Read
Farragher, ch. 25
Youngs, ch. 9 (Hiroshima)
7. Cold War America: Truman to Kennedy
Read Farragher, ch. 26 and ch. 27
Boller and Story, pp. 180-188 (Kennan and Soviet Conduct), pp.
197-201
(Korea)
Youngs, ch. 10 (McCarthy)
8. Civil Rights Movement: 1930s to 1960s
Read Farragher, ch. 28
Boller and Story, pp. 226-229 (Brown Case)
Youngs, ch. 11 (King on Civil Rights)
ESSAY ASSIGNMENT
Based on your readings in this course, write a five to six page
essay on the history of women in the U.S., 1870s-1929. Use the textbook
as well as the essays and documents. Include topics that reflect
the role of women in domestic spaces as well as in public places,
such as the economy, the family, the church, the school and the political
arena. This is a very general topic so you have much latitude in
choosing your approach and focus.
As part of your assignment, your essay must include at least three
brief quotations from the readings. You must include footnotes and
a bibliography. The paper is due October 10, 1996.
History 201 section 005 History of the United
States Since 1877
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TR 03:30-04:45p.m office hours TR 11:00-12:00
a.m.
T 02:30-03:30
Pick up the following books at Textbook Rental:
1. John Mack Faragher,et al., Out of Many: A History of the American
People, vol. II,
second edition.
2. Raymond M. Hyser and J. Chris Arndt, eds., Voices of the American
Past, part two.
Purchase at the Bookstore:
3. J. William T. Youngs, American Realities, vol.II (fourth edition)
This course surveys major trends in the cultural, economic, political, and military history of the United States from the 1860s onward. Through the assigned reading, writing and classroom discussion, it will attempt to gain knowledge of the important questions that historians have asked about this period in American history. Emphasis will fall on history as an argument and and interpretation rather than isolated facts and dates.
All the examinations in this course will be of the essay type, short
essays and long ones. The answers should be based on materials presented
in the textbook, documents, and other readings, as well as handouts in
class, lectures and discussions. Your views may be included but they must
be supported, like all interpretations, by appropriate evidence and chronology.
Students will be expected to write clearly and at the appropriate college
level. There will be two major examinations and a final exam. You are expected
to keep up with the readings which are listed on the next page of the syllabus
and assigned orally in class. There will be three unannounced short quizzes
in class to test the recently assigned readings.
In addition oral participation will be taken into consideration in
determining student grades.
Point distribution:
3 short quizzes and
classroom participation 10%
2 hour exams 40%
final exam 30%
written paper
20%
TOPICS AND READINGS:
1. Introduction and the Rise of Big Business.
Read Faragher, chapter19 and pp. 622-636 in chapter 20.
Youngs, ch. 2 (The Rise of Andrew Carnegie).
Hyser, documents numbered 14-18, 21.
2. The Progressive Response.
Faragher, ch. 21
Youngs, ch.3 (John Muir), ch.1 (Booker T. Washington),
ch. 5 (Russian Jews), ch.6 (Women Suffrage)
Hyser, 40-41, 44-45, and 26-33
3. World War One
Faragher, ch. 22
Hyser, 50-51.
****First Hour Exam, February 12, 1998
4. The 1920s
Read Faragher, ch. 23
Youngs, ch.7 (Scopes Trial)
Hyser, 53-55
****Paper due February 26, 1998
5. The Great Depression and the New Deal
Faragher, ch. 24
Youngs, ch. 8 (Eleanor Roosevelt)
Hyser, 58, 61, 64.
****Second hour examination, March 26, 1998
6. WWII at Home and Abroad
Faragher, ch. 25
Youngs, ch. 9 (Hiroshima)
Hyser, 68, 70-71
7. Cold War America: Truman to Kennedy
Faragher, ch. 26 and ch. 27
Youngs, ch. 10 (McCarthy)
Hyser, 72
8. Civil Rights Movement: 1930s to 1960s
Faragher, ch. 28
Youngs, ch. 11 (King on Civil Rights)
9. Vietnam War Era
Faragher ch. 29
Youngs, ch. 12 (Berkeley in the Sixties)
Hyser, 82-83
****Final Examination, 2:00-3:30 p.m. on May 7, 1998
ESSAY ASSIGNMENT
Write an essay comparing and contrasting the struggle for rights for women with the struggle for equality by African Americans from the 19th century through the 1920s. Use the material in Youngs, Faragher, and Hyser to construct your answer. You might consider such approaches as comparing the goals, the opponents, the successes and the failures, or the important trends that helped or hindered each of the movements. Review questions at the end of the chapters in the readings might help stimulate your thinking about this topic. Use the index in the textbook to find various references to these subjects.
Guidelines:
1) The paper should be about four to six pages in length
2) You must include four appropriate quotations of less than five lines
each
in your essay. These should be chosen for their effectiveness.
3) Include footnotes in the text or at the end of the essay.
4) Include a bibliography: author, title, place of publication, date.
5) You must focus on the assigned readings but you may include
other sources.
Identify all sources in the bibliography.
6) The essay must be in your own words, not plagiarized.
The essay is due February 26, 1998.