Class Meetings MCCCD Course CompetenciesUnit I-Transition to the Industrial Society 1865-1900Chapters 17-21Week OneWeek TwoWeek ThreeWeek FourWeek FiveUnit II-The Progressive Era 1900-1938Chapters 22-25Week SixWeek SevenMon. Oct. 5 T. Roosevelt /TaftWeek EightWeek TenUnit III-Modern/Post-Modern America 1939-1968Chapters 26-29Week TwelveWeek ThirteenWeek FourteenWeek FifteenWeek SixteenWeek SeventeenAttendance PolicyTests, quizzes, papers, presentationsGradingGrading ScaleStudent ResponsibilityDisclaimer StatementSpecial NeedsCheating/PlagiarismStudent ConcernsGlendale Community College Fall 2009 Course Title: The History of the United States 1870-Present Course Code: His 104 Section: 15540 Class Meetings Days: Mondays/Wednesdays/Fridays 9:00-9:50 am Location: P7 Instructor: Donna Allen Instructor’s Phone Number: 623-845-4760 (Office), 623-932-5563 (Home) Instructor’s E-Mail: d.allen at gcmail.maricopa.edu or DonnaJ359 at aol.com Office Hours: MWF 12:00-1:00, T/Th 8:30-9:30 Location: 05-111 Course Description: The political, social and economic development of the United States from Reconstruction to the present. Textbook: U.S. A Narrative History Volume II by John West Davidson ET el. (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2009). Transferability: History 104 transfers as a Social and Behavioral Science (SB) or Historical Awareness (H) Credit. MCCCD Course Competencies 1. Describe westward expansion in the aftermath of Reconstruction. 2. Describe the emergence of America as an economic and technological power. 3. Describe urbanization and industrialization. 4. Describe the ideology of capitalism and creation of a climate for political and financial development. 5. Describe mass immigration. 6. Describe social reform during the Industrial age. 7. Describe the theories and practice that promoted growth of enormous corporations and capital formations. 8. Describe the ideology of wealth and the new manifest destiny. 9. Review American foreign policy and the Spanish/American War. 10. Describe voices for reform on local, state and national levels and Theodore Roosevelt’s role as trust buster. 11. Contrast Taft and Wilson’s views on progressivism. 12. Describe the initial stance of American neutrality, the preparedness campaign and finally America’s role in World War I.13. Trace the defeat of Germany, Wilson’s 14 points and the Treaty of Versailles. 14. Describe American society in the aftermath of World War I in terms of the consumer society, the lost generation, urban growth and immigration. 15. Describe the great stock market crash of October 1929. 16. Review the impacts of the Great Depression. 17. Describe the New Deal. 18. Describe American isolationism and how it ended with the coming of World War II. 19. Describe social change during World War II. 20. Assess American participation in the war. 21. Describe the Cold War and its’ effects within and outside of the country. 22. Describe the consumer culture during the Eisenhower era. 23. Review the emergence of the Civil Rights Movement, integration of schools, and the Montgomery, Alabama boycott. 24. Describe the Kennedy administration and Vietnam. 25. Evaluate LBJ’s Great Society and the struggle for racial justice. 26. Describe the regulation of government power and foreign policy in the 1970’s. 27. Describe George Bush presidency and collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. 28. Review the Persian Gulf War, and the dissolution of the Soviet Union Course Outline Unit I-Transition to the Industrial Society 1865-1900 Chapters 17-21 Week One Mon. Aug. 24 Introductions Discussion of History/Historians Wed. Aug. 26 Aftermath of the Civil War Reconstruction of the South Fri. Aug. 28 Current Events Reconstruction con’t 1st assignment discussion groups Week Two Mon. Aug. 31 Westward Expansion Wed. Sept. 2 Westward Expansion Discussion: The Frontier Thesis Fri. Sept. 4 Current Events/Sources Due Rural/Urban Transition Discussion: The Third Wave Discussion Groups Week Three Mon. Sept. 7 Labor Day-No Class Wed. Sept. 9 Industrialization Fri. Sept. 11 Current Events Reactions—Urban, class society Discussion on AttitudesDiscussion Groups Week Four Mon. Sept. 14 Reactions—continued Presidents Wed. Sept. 16 Presidents American Foreign Policy Fri. Sept. 18 Quiz I Current Events Discussion on America’s Place Discussion Groups /Peer editing Week Five Mon. Sept. 21 Presentations/Study Day Wed. Sept. 23 Presentations/Study Day Fri. Sept. 25 Test I/Papers Due Unit II-The Progressive Era 1900-1938 Chapters 22-25 Week Six Mon. Sept. 28 The Progressives—Setting the Stage Wed. Sept. 30 Reforms: City/State/National-T.Roosevelt Fri. Oct. 2 Current Events Discussion on how to implement Social Justice 2nd Assignment-Discussion Groups Week Seven Mon. Oct. 5 T. Roosevelt /Taft Election of 1912 Wed. Oct. 7 Wilson’s Administration-Domestic policy Fri. Oct. 9 Current Events/Sources Due Discussion: The Progressives Successful? Discussion Groups Week Eight Mon. Oct. 12 Foreign Policy 1900-1920 World War I Wed. Oct. 14 World War I- film Fri. Oct. 16 Current Events Discussion: Wilson’s 14 points Discussion Groups Week Nine Mon. Oct. 19 Transition from War The Great Depression Wed. Oct 21 FDR and the New Deal Fri. Oct. 23