Chabot CollegeChabot College Fall 2004Course Outline for History 8Course Content:Created Equal: A Social & Political History of the United States, Jacqueline Jones, et al.,Special Student Materials:None.tf:word/History 8.docChabot College Fall 2004Replaced Fall 2010Course Outline for History 8U.S. HISTORY SINCE RECONSTRUCTIONCatalog Description:8 – U.S. History Since Reconstruction 3 UnitsA survey of United States history from 1877 to the present with a special emphasis on theinteraction amongst and the experiences of diverse racial/ethnic (African Americans, European Americans, Native Americans, Chicano/Latino Americans, Asian Americans, and Middle Eastern Americans), gender and socioeconomic groups in American History. Includes analysis of (1) the U.S. Constitution as a living document in the context of historical change, and (2) significant issues related to California state and local governments. 3 hours.[Typical contact hours: 52.5]Prerequisite Skills:NoneExpected Outcomes for Students:Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:1. discuss and explain the rise of and expansion of industrial capitalism in the UnitedStates, and the economic transformations of the 20th Century; analyze the effectsof economic changes on women, gender roles, working class relations,racial/ethnic minority groups, and U.S. diplomacy;2. analyze the crisscrossing dynamics of race, ethnicity, gender, religion and class in American society from 1877 to the present, and assess the impact of these dynamics on U.S. political institutions, laws and electoral politics;3. outline and discuss the contributions and experiences of major racial/ethnic, gender and social groups in the development of U.S. political, economic, cultural and social institutions; discuss the interactions, collaborations and conflicts amongst these groups;4. evaluate the role of geography in the context of economic and political change in the United States.5. identify and analyze the major periods of social change and reform from 1877 to the present; evaluate the roots of reform and the long-term consequences for U.S. society;6. trace the evolution of U.S. foreign policy, identify its economic and ideological roots and significant features, and evaluate the impact of U.S. diplomacy on U.S. society and the rest of the world.7. discuss both the power and limitations of federal court decisions in advancing the civil rights of women, racial & ethnic minorities, gender minorities, and in redefining American citizens’ right to due process under the law.8. evaluate both 20th Century amendments to the California state constitution and state legislation which have had a significant impact on both California and national politics.Chabot CollegeCourse Outline for History 8, Page 2Fall 2004Course Content:1. The Emergence of Modern America, 1877-1900a. The rise of industrial capitalism and corporate America; the effects of economic transformation on various socioeconomic classes, racial/ethnic minorities, and women.b. the rise of the city and the creation of a national urban culturec. immigration: the experiences and contributions of diverse Europeans, Asians and Latinos in various geographic regions of the U.S.d. challenges to government and corporate power, resistance and reform; the Chinese in California, African American leadership & protest, Native American resistance in the West, revolts in the workplace, women reformers, the populist revolte. U.S. imperialism and the Spanish-American-Cuban-Filipino War; critics of imperialism2. Progressivism at Home/Colonial Competition and Revolution Abroad, 1900-1929a. The Progressive era: migration and immigration from southern/eastern Europe, Mexico, and Asia; Chinese Exclusion Act; reform and radical politics;progressive amendments to the California state constitution; women suffrage movement; expansion of national power.b. The upheaval of war and revolution abroad; the U.S. and World War I; domestic consequences of mobilization and participation; the Great African American Migration; expanding workplace roles for women.c. The 1920s and the coalescence of “modern” America; consumer culture; the decline of reform; reactionary impulses (the KKK, nativism); black nationalism; the Harlem Renaissance; development of California and the West; the alliance of business and politics.3. Economic Depression, World War II, and Rise of U.S. Hegemony, 1929-1953a. economic collapse, the Great Depression, the New Deal; migrations; the emergence of a new political coalition; the rise of the labor movement.b. The United States and World War II; radical, reactionary and moderate responses to economic depression in the world; U.S. mobilization for war; the military-industrial complex; California and defense industries; the role of women in factories and in the war; Japanese internment; the bracero program; the Double-V campaign; moral and ethical issues of the war.c. The roots and nature of the Cold War; global destruction and political vacuums; class conflicts; the rise of the national security state; containment; colonialism; anti-communist hysteria; “hot” wars in Greece, Korea, etc.4. Post-War America, 1953-1979a. Cold War American Culture: economic growth, baby boom, conformity; race, class, and domesticity; the “feminine mystique”; the Civil Rights movement; rebellious youth and counter culture; mobilizations for peace and the environment.b. The Longest War: the U.S. in Vietnam; the social, political, and economic consequences; the Warren Court; the Great Society; the anti-war movement.Chabot CollegeCourse Outline for History 8, Page 3Fall 2004c. The New Left; from civil rights to Black Power; women’s liberation movement; conservative backlash.d. The 1970s: liberation movements emerge for Chicanos, Asian Americans, Native Americans, women, and Gay/Lesbian Americans; the Black Panthers; Cesar Chavez and the farmworkers movement; détente and Watergate; changing meanings of equality under the law.5. A Nation of Immigrants, the Global Economy, 1979-2001a. The Cold War returns as Reagan revives anti-communism; Iran and Afghanistan; “Reaganomics” and attack on the Welfare State; the environmentunder siege; the rise of the religious Right; cultural conflict; new immigration;the Iran-Contra scandal; the U.S. as “global policeman”b. Post-Cold War America; decline of labor unions; growing gap between rich and poor; diversity: values in conflict; domestic