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United
States History to 1865
Course Description:
The purpose of this course will be to examine the
important events and people that helped shape the
United States of America; A country that rose to the
status of “regional power” 100 years after its formation,
went on to become a “global power” less than 100 years
later, finally emerging victorious from the Cold War
as the sole superpower in a unipolar world system.
In
addition, the course will deal with such questions
as: what is history, who makes it, and how should
we interpret it?
Textbook:
Paul
S. Boyer, Clifford E. Clark, et.al., The Enduring
Vision: A History of the American People.
4th Edition. Volume I to 1877, Lexington,
Mass.: D.C. Heath & Co., 1996
Additional
Readings:
TBA
Evaluation:
1.
Class Participation (Attendance, Timeliness, Effort,
Class Discussion) (10%)
2.
Two 2-hour Examinations
(20%
each)
3.
A ten-page long research paper
(10%)
4.
Final Examination
(40%)
COURSE OUTLINE
Class
One:
Course
Introduction/Themes/Requirements
The
First Americans, Chapter 1
Class
Two:
The
Age of Exploration, Chapter 2
The
Rise of Colonial America,
Chapter 3
Class
Three:
Colonial Society, Chapter 4
Class
Four:
Road
to Revolution, Chapter 5
Class
Five:
Revolution
and its aftermath, Chapter 6
Class Six:
The
New Republic, Chapter 7
Class
Seven:
Louisiana
Purchase/War of 1812/Missouri Compromise/Monroe Doctrine,
Chapter 8
Manifest
Destiny/Westward Expansion Part I, Chapter 9
Class
Eight:
**Exam
#1**
Class
Nine:
Manifest
Destiny/Westward Expansion Part II, Chapter 9
Politics,
Religion, and Reform in Antebellum America, Chapter
10
Class
Ten:
Immigration, Expansion, Sectionalism, Chapter 13
Class
Eleven:
**Exam
#2**
Class
Twelve:
The
Road to Secession Part I, Chapter 14
Class
Thirteen:
The
Road to Secession Part II, Chapter 14
Class
Fourteen:
**Papers
Due**
Civil
War, Chapter 15
Final
Review
Class
Fifteen:
**Final
Exam**
United
States History from 1865
Course
Description:
The purpose of this course will be to examine the
important events and people that helped shape the
United States of America; A country that rose to the
status of “regional power” 100 years after its formation,
went on to become a “global power” less than 100 years
later, finally emerging victorious from the Cold War
as the sole superpower in a unipolar world system.
In
addition, the course will deal with such questions
as: what is history, who makes it, and how should
we interpret it?
Textbook:
Paul
S. Boyer, Clifford E. Clark, et.al., The Enduring
Vision: A History of the American People.
4th Edition. Volume II from 1865, Lexington,
Mass.: D.C. Heath & Co., 1996
Additional Readings:
TBA
Evaluation:
1.
Class Participation (Attendance, Timeliness, Effort,
Class Discussion)
(10%)
2.
Two 2-hour Examinations (20%
each)
3.
A ten-page long research paper (10%)
4.
Final Examination (40%)
COURSE OUTLINE
Class One:
Course
Introduction/Themes/Requirements
Class Two:
Reconstruction
Part I, Chapter 16
Class Three:
Reconstruction
Part II, Chapter 16
Class Four:
The
West, Chapter 17
Class Five:
Politics
and Expansion in an Industrializing Age Part I, Chapter
21
Class
Six:
Politics and Expansion in an Industrializing Age Part
II, Chapter 21.
The
Progressive Era, Chapter 22
Class
Seven:
World War I, Chapter 23
The Booming 1920’s, Chapter 24
Class
Eight:
**Exam
#1**
Class Nine:
Wall Street Crash, Depression, the New Deal Part I,
Chapter 25
Class
Ten:
The 1930’s, FDR and the Good Neighbor Policy, World
War II, Chapters 26 & 27
Class Eleven:
**Exam
#2**
Class Twelve:
The
Cold War: Korean War, Chapters 28 & 29
Class Thirteen:
Cold
War in the 1960’s: The Vietnam War, Watergate, Chapters
30 & 31
Class Fourteen:
**Papers Due**
From
Ford to Reagan, the End of the Cold War, Chapters
32 & 33
Final
Review
Class Fifteen:
**Final
Exam**
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