Glendale Community College Fall 2010 Course Title: The History of the United States 1865 to Present Course Code: His 104 Section: 20454 Class Meetings: Days: Mondays/Wednesdays/Fridays 9:00-9:50 Location: P7 Instructor: Donna Allen Instructor’s Phone Number: 623-845-4760 (office) 623-932-5563 (Home) Leave a message and a time I can return your call. E-Mail: [email protected] or [email protected]. I check email only once a day during the week and once on the weekend. Office Hours: Mondays 1:00-2:00, Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:00-9:50, Wednesdays and Fridays 12:00-1:00 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 by John Davidson. Volume 2 Transferability: His 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 the creation of a climate for political and financial development. 5. Describe mass migration. 6. Describe social reform during the Industrial Age. 7. Describe the theories and practice which 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 trustbuster. 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. Assess American participation in the war. 20. Describe social change during World War II. 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 the George Bush presidency and the 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 Urban/Industrial Society 1865-1900 Chapters: 17-21 Week One Monday, August 23 Introductions Discussion: History/Historians Wednesday, August 25 Aftermath of the Civil War Reconstruction Friday, August 27 Current Events Reconstruction continued 1st Assignment Week Two Monday, August 30 Westward Expansion Wednesday, September 1 Westward Expansion continued Discussion: The Frontier Thesis Friday, September 3 Current Events/Sources Due Rural/Urban Transition Discussion: The Third Wave Discussion Groups Week Three Monday, September 6 Labor Day-no class Wednesday, September 8 Industrialization Friday, September 10 Current Events Industrialization continued Discussion GroupsWeek Four Monday, September 13 Reactions/Society Wednesday, September 15 Reactions/National-Presidents American Foreign Policy Friday, September 17 Quiz I Current Events Discussion: America’s Place? Discussion Groups Week Five Monday, September 20 Presentations/Study Day Wednesday, September 22 Presentations/Study Day Friday, September 24 Test I/Papers Due Unit II-The Progressive Era 1900-1938 Chapters 22-25 Week Six Monday, September 27 The Progressives-setting the stage Wednesday, September 29 The Progressives-Social Justice Friday, October 1 Current Events Discussion: Problems in an urban/industrial society 2nd Assignment Week Seven Monday, October 4 Reforms: City/State Wednesday, October 6 Reforms: National-T.Roosevelt Taft/Election of 1912 Friday, October 8 Current Events/Sources Due Discussion: Who should implement reform? Debate Groups Week Eight Monday, October 11 Wilson’s Domestic Policy Wednesday, October 13 Foreign Policy 1900-1920 World War I Friday, October 15 Current Events World War I-movie Debate Groups Week Nine Monday, October 18 Wilson’s 14 points Discussion: A Lasting Peace? Transition from War-1920’s Wednesday, October 20 The Great Depression FDR and the New Deal Friday, October 22 Current Events Quiz II Discussion: Impact of the New DealWeek Ten Monday, October 25 Debate/Study Day Wednesday, October 27 Debate/Study Day Friday, October 29 Test II/Papers Due Unit III-Modern/Post Modern America 1939-1968 Chapters 26-29 Week Eleven Monday, November 1 World War II Wednesday, November 3 World War II Friday, November 5 Current Events Discussion: the Atomic Bomb 3rd Assignment Week Twelve Monday, November 8 Post-War World Wednesday, November 10 Post-War World The Cold War begins Friday, November 12 Current Events/Sources Due Discussion: the changing position of the US Groups Week Thirteen Monday, November 15 Post-War internal Wednesday, November 17 American Society of the 1950’s Friday, November 19 Current Events Discussion: Legacy of the 1950’s Week Fourteen Monday, November 22 Kennedy/Johnson Wednesday,