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Course Schedule:  Below is an approximation of our daily schedule. We will try to adhere to this schedule, but it is subject to change. Reading assignments are to be completed by the time of the class meeting for which they are listed, unless otherwise noted. Click on the topics to view the outline, questions, and terms for each class meeting. You should ponder these aids as you complete the assigned readings.

Jan 10 Introduction
Jan 12 The Legacy of War & Reconstruction
Reading: No Assignment
Jan 17 A New South?
Reading: Nation of Nations, 487-508
Jan 19 Discussion: Booker T. Washington vs. W.E.B. DuBois
Reading: Nation of Nations, 596-598, 629; Supplement #1
Jan 24 The Rise of Industrial America
Reading: Nation of Nations, 519-548
Jan 26 The Rise of Urban America
Reading:
  Nation of Nations, 550-576
Jan 31 The Plight of the Farmer
Reading:  Nation of Nations, 578-595
Feb 2 The Progressive Movement
Reading:  Nation of Nations, 615-646; Supplement #2
Feb 7 America's Rise to World Power
Reading:
  Nation of Nations, 598-613
Feb 9 First Exam (meet in discussion rooms)
Feb 14 War in the Industrial Age & the Origins of US Involvement in WWI
Reading:
  Nation of Nations, 648-658
Feb 16 Discussion: Woodrow Wilson & the Decision for War
Reading:
  Supplement #3
Feb 21 The Great War
Reading: Nation of Nations, 654-665
Feb 23 The Roaring Twenties: Modernism vs Traditionalism
Reading: Nation of Nations, 681-703
Feb 28 Hoover, the GOP, & the Great Depression
Reading:  Nation of Nations, 703-728
Mar 2 FDR, the Democrats, & the Great Depression
Reading: Nation of Nations, 728-754
Mar 7 & 9 No Class — Mid-Semester Break
Mar 14 Interwar Years & the Origins of WWII
Reading: Nation of Nations, 671-674, 756-767
Mar 16 The Legacy of World War II
Reading: Nation of Nations, 767-794
Mar 21 Second Exam (meet in discussion rooms)
Mar 23 Cold War at Home and Abroad
Reading:  Nation of Nations, 796-807, 812-824
Mar 28 Discussion: Cuban Missile Crisis
Reading: Supplement #4; Nation of Nations, 850-854
Mar 30 The Fifties
Reading: Nation of Nations, 826-841
Apr 4 Vietnam
Reading: Nation of Nations, 841-842; 886-891
Apr 6 Vietnam
Reading: Nation of Nations, 891-903, 911-913; Supplement #5
Apr 11 The Early Civil Rights Movement
Reading: Nation of Nations, 857-873
Apr 13 Discussion: Writing Assignment (Warriors Don't Cry)
Reading: finish Warriors Don't Cry
Apr 18 Discussion: Writing Assignment (Warriors Don't Cry)
Reading:
finish Warriors Don't Cry
Questions:
See the handout
Apr 20 The Sixties: Reform & Rebellion
Reading:  Nation of Nations, 848-850, 873-878
Apr 25 The Seventies
Reading: Nation of Nations, 878-883, 903-911; Supplement #6
April 27 Review
Reading: none
May 2 or 4 Final Exam
HST102-03: May 2, 8:00-10:30am
HST102-06: May 4, 11:00am-1:30pm