HIST 112 U.S. History since 1865
Midterm Exam Rubric/Evaluation Guide
Course Schedule Pt. 2 (subject to change--please note: all earlier reading assignments for the course have been moved to the bottom of this page):
Part IV: Politics and Culture in the 20th Century
April 17: Topic: Fragile Prosperity/Cultural Tensions
Reading Assignment: DHH: The Jazz Age: America in the 1920s
Primary Source Analysis Assignment: The Scopes Trial
April 19: Topic: The Great Depression and the New Deal
Reading Assignment: DHH: The 1930s
April 24: Topic: Social Security and the Liberal State
Reading and Writing Assignment: The Meaning of Social Security;
Note: Even if you decide not to write the paper you must still read these sources and come to class prepared to discuss them.
April 26: Topic: The New Deal Coalition and the High Tide of Liberalism
Reading Assignment: DHH: The Tumultuous 1960's (from "The Great Society" to end of section)
Primary Source Reading Assignment: The Port Huron Statement (1962); Lyndon Johnson "Great Society Speech" (1965); Black Panther Party Platform (1967)
May 1: Topic: The Conservative Ascendancy
Primary Source Reading Assignment:
Reagan's Keynote Speech at 1964 Republican National Convention: Text, Video
Barry Goldwater's 1964 Republican Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech
Reading Assignment: DHH: From Reagan to Clinton
May 3: Topic: Recapitulation and Past as Prologue
Discussion Topic: The Past Is Never Dead
Part I: The Challenges of Forging an Ethnically Pluralistic Society
Jan. 24: The Problem of Putting the Country Back Together
Jan. 26: Topic: Reconstruction
Reading Assignment: THIS SYLLABUS CAREFULLY; Digital History Hypertext Chapter: Reconstruction; and America’s Reconstruction; Discussion Questions
Jan. 31: Topic: Reconstruction in Primary Sources
Reading Assignment & Writing Assignment Due at the beginning of class
Feb. 2: Topic: Along the Color Line: From Reconstruction to Jim Crow
Reading Assignment: Digital History Hypertext Chapter: Along the Color Line & “Creating Jim Crow” ; "Three Visions for African Americans"
Viewing Assignment: “Without Sanctuary” & Advertisements
Feb. 7: Topic: Jim Crow in Primary Sources
Listening/Reading Assignment: Read: “Surviving Jim Crow” & “Resisting Jim Crow” Listen to one interview in “Behind the Veil: Documenting African-American Life in the Jim Crow South” http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/behindtheveil/
Discussion preparation assignment: Please come to class prepared to share with others what you learned from the interview you listened to; please bring notes with key passages that stuck with you.
Feb. 9: Topic: The Civil Rights Movement
Reading Assignment: “Escaping Jim Crow” & “Transition from Segregation to Civil Rights” Digital History Hypertext Chapter: America in Ferment (through “White Backlash”); Fighting Jim Crow "In the Courts"; “Why Is the NYPD After Me?” (CW)
Feb. 14: Topic: Expanding Civil Rights
Assignment (includes a writing assignment): Why did the Montgomery Bus Boycott Succeed? http://historicalthinkingmatters.org/rosaparks/
Please read this document for an update/clarification about the assignment.
Feb. 16: Topic: Immigration and Pluralism
Reading Assignment: Digital History Hypertext Chapter: “The Huddled Masses” ; Emma Lazarus and Her Vision; Italian Immigration
Feb. 21: Topic: Immigration and Pluralism
Reading Assignment: The Transcontinental Railroad; "Immigrant and Ethic America" (HarpWeek)--The Chinese-American Experience (Read "Introduction" & "Key Issues"--all of them; they are short); also, be sure to review the relevant sections from the reading for 2/16 on Chinese immigration.
Primary Source Readings: Our Misery and Despair, Rock Springs Massacre, Robert Ingersoll on Chinese Exclusion, Sunday Afternoon in Chinatown
Feb. 23: Topic: Immigration and Pluralism--Contemporary Implications
Reading Assignment: Immigration Today; Immigrant Labor Today
Primary Source Assignment: Post-9/11 Immigrant Experiences; Is It Still Worth It?
Feb 28: Topic: The Tragedy of Native America
Reading Assignment: Digital History Hypertext Part I; Digital History Hypertext Pt. II; Closing the Western Frontier
Writing Assignment: The link to the sources and assignment
Part II: The Benefits and Challenges of Industrialization & Urbanization
Mar. 1: Topic: The Second Industrial Revolution--Production
Reading Assignment: DHH: Industrialization and the Working Class; DHH: The Rise of Big Business
Mar. 6: Topic: The Second Industrial Revolution--Urbanization & Consumer Culture
Reading Assignment: DHH: The Rise of the City; DHH: The Making of Modern America
Primary Sources Reading Assignment: A Day of Two Noons; Thomas Edison's To-Do List (1875); Puck Magazine Cartoon (1885); Westinghouse Ad (1923)
Mar. 8: Topic: The Second Industrial Revolution--A Gilded Age
Reading Assignment: Digital History Hypertext: The Gilded Age
Mar. 13 & 15: Spring Break
Mar. 20: Topic: Responding to Industrialization and Urbanization
Reading Assignment: DHH:The Political Crisis of the 1890s; DHH: The Progressive Era
Mar. 22: Midterm Exam (in class and take home)
Part III: Becoming a World Power
Mar. 27: Topic: The Twentieth Century & The World Stage
Reading Assignment: DHH: The Twentieth Century; DHH: Becoming a World Power
Primary Source Assignment: Why Did the U.S. Invade Cuba?
Mar. 29: Topic: The Challenges of Intervention: The Philippines
Reading Assignment: Review DHH ; A Forgotten War: The Philippines Occupation (read all 7 links on the left side, beginning with "Introduction" and ending with "Sakay and His Resistance Movement")
Primary Sources:The White Man's Burden (1899); Soldiers' Observations (1899-1902)
April 3: Topic: World War I
Reading Assignment: DHH: America at War
Primary Source Assignment: World War I Propaganda
April 5: Topic: World War II
Reading Assignment: DHH: America at War: World War II
Primary Sources: Japanese Internment 1; Japanese Internment 2
April 10: Topic: The Cold War
Reading Assignment: DHH: Postwar America (through "Paranoid Style"); DHH: The Vietnam War
Primary Source Readings: The Origins of the Cold War
April 12: Topic: The End of the Cold War and Beyond
Reading Assignment: DHH: The Cold War Part II and Beyond
Primary Source Reading Assignment: TBA
