PALOMAR COLLEGE Course Number Course Title Hi 102 U.S. since Reconstruction Instructor Dr. Joseph A. Bagnall Term Dates Meeting Time Site COURSE OBJECTIVES 1) To fulfill the state requirement in American history, institutions, and state and local government,2) To describe and analyze the political, economic, social, and cultural development of the UnitedStates from 1877 to the present day,3) To develop skills in analyzing and evaluating problems encountered in every phase of our history,4) To develop critical instincts in oral and written form, and5) To develop knowledge about facts and arguments related to important issues in contemporary life.REQUIRED TEXTS Bagnall, Joseph A. The United States History Abstract: Major Crises in American History. Second Edition. Kendall/Hunt, 2011. Bagnall, Joseph A. United States History since Reconstruction. Course Pack This material is to be downloaded by clicking the HI 102 link at http://www.palomar.edu/users/jbagnall RECOMMENDED TEXTS Bagnall, Joseph A. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy's Grand and Global Alliance: World Order for the New Century. Centenary Edition. Create Space Independent Publishing, 2014.Lawrence, David G. California: The Politics of Diversity. Brief Edition Wadsworth, 2004. READING ASSIGNMENTS Students will be expected to master the assigned material in the course pack for each examination. In addition students should read the following sections of the assigned text. Exam One USH Abstract Chapter 8 to “War with Spain”. Mid Term USH Abstract Chapter 8 from “War with Spain” through Chapter 9. Exam Three USH Abstract Open Book Cooperative on the Basic Text Final USH Abstract Chapter 9 through 11. EXAMINATION SCHEDULE EXAM ONE: Assigned material on the period, 1875-1900 MIDTERM: Assigned Material on the period, 1900-1940 EXAM THREE: Open Book Cooperative on the Basic Text FINAL: Assigned Material on the Period, 1945-1990!COURSE ARRANGEMENTS !The student experience will include lectures, discussions, pertinent videos, and essay and objective examinations. Examinations will be given on timelines, study guides, topical abstracts, lecture material and the course pack. Examination three will be an Open Book Cooperative Examination on the Kennedy Reader. !CLASS STANDARDS AND POLICIES !A typical class hour is devoted to lecture and discussion. Videos and DVDs will be scheduled when they clarify and enrich material presented in lecture, the course pack, and the basic text. !Appropriate language and college classroom manners are mandatory. Classes meet for 50 minute hours. Break time is the difference between class hours and clock hours. !ATTENDANCE POLICY !Your presence in class is important if you are to get the full value of the course and earn a top grade. Please inform me if it becomes necessary to miss class. Grades will be lowered for unexcused absences and tardies. Three unexcused absences will result in a grade of F for the course. !METHODS OF EVALUATION !1) Exam One 2) Class Participation 3) Midterm Exam 4) Exam Three – Discussion and Debate 5) Final Exam !1 and 4 will comprise 25% of your grade. 2 will comprise 10% of your grade. 3 will comprise 32.5% of your grade. 5 will comprise 32.5% of your grade. !Office Contact !e-m ail [email protected] 102 UNITED STATES HISTORY SINCE 1877 TOPICAL ABSTRACTS AND TIMELINES !!!!!!!!!Page !1. Characteristics of the Gilded Age .................................................................................................... 1 2. Key Points Regarding Social Darwinism .......................................................................................... 2 3. Clarence Darrow on Labor Grievances ............................................................................................. 3 4. The Closing of the Frontier. ............................................................................................................ 4 5. The Populist Revolt of the 1890’s ................................................................................................... 5 6. The Political Spectrum .................................................................................................................... 6 7. The Anti-Federal Tradition in America ............................................................................................ 7 8. McKinley and Manifest Destiny ....................................................................................................... 9 9. Examination One Timeline .............................................................................................................. 10 10. Elements in the Rise of Progressivism ........................................................................................... 11 11. Theodore Roosevelt and Calvin Coolidge ..................................................................................... 12 12. Economic Survey of the 1920’s and 1930’s and Causes of the Great Depression ............................ 13 13. Midterm Examination Timeline ....................................................................................................... 15 14. The New Deal Response to the Great Depression .......................................................................... 17 15. An Assessment of New Deal Work Relief ..................................................................................... 18 16. Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt ............................................................................ 19 17. World War I, World War II and the Treaty of Versailles ............................................................... 20 18. Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy ............................................................................................ 23 19. Truman and Containment ................................................................................................................. 24 20. Final Examination Timeline ............................................................................................................. 281 !!CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GILDED AGE - 1875-1900 I. Herbert Spencer’s Social Darwinism – philosophical underpinning !A. Struggle, competition, and economic laissez-faire Process of natural selection – survival of the fittest B. Captains of industry popularize the philosophy C. William Graham Sumner of Yale – chief intellectual advocate II. Critics of Social Darwinism !A.