| Jan 10 |
Introduction |
| Jan 12 |
The Legacy of War & Reconstruction
Reading: No Assignment
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| Jan 17 |
A New South?
Reading: Nation of Nations, 487-508
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| 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
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| 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 |