HISTORY 1302 (PCM) LEARNING OBJECTIVES
TEST 1
Because the history of the
The multiple-choice map test will be taken in the
The map test will be the first test taken in this course and must be completed by the deadline date listed in the syllabus.
Atlas maps containing all of the features the student will need to identify are found in the textbook, America Past and Present, Volume 2, (9th or 10th edition.) A practice map which may be copied for study is found here.
The test will specify thirty (30) of the following and ask the student to locate them on a map:
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TEST 2
Page numbers for the 9th edition are in (parentheses)
Page numbers for the 10th edition are in [brackets]
Chapter 17
1. Identify the physical features of the
2. Describe the lifestyle of the
3. Name the major
4. Identify the most significant blow to Indian tribal life.(p. 425) [397]
5. Describe the
6. Identify the largest landowning group in the west.(p. 431) [402]
7. Describe the major components of territorial government in the west.(p. 431) [403]
8. Discuss the Spanish influences in southwestern life and institutions.(p. 431) [403]
9. List the major mining strikes in the American West from 1848 to 1876.(pp. 432-433) [404]
10. Describe the typical mining camp of the 19th century.(pp. 433-434) [404-405]
11. Describe the steps in the development of the cattle industry.(pp. 434-435) [405-406]
12. Identify the major social and legal aspects of cowboy society.(p. 435) [406-407]
13. Describe the physical and nature-related problems facing western farmers.(pp. 437-438) [407-408]
14. Explain the new farming methods developed in the American West.(p. 438) [408-409]
15. Name the problems causing western farmer discontent.(p. 440) [410]
Chapter 18
1. Explain the factors that caused rapid industrial growth in the 19th
century
2. List the elements in the transportation and communications revolutions.(p. 444) [416]
3. Explain the advantages of the railroads in promoting economic growth.(pp. 444-445) [416-417]
4. Describe how post-Civil War railroads were constructed and their political and economic impact on society.(pp. 445-447) [417-419]
5. Name the major Northeast trunk lines.(p. 447) [419]
6. Explain how the first Pacific railroad was constructed and financed.(pp. 448-449) [419-420]
7. Describe the economic results of railroad growth in the
8. Explain why the steel industry grew in the 1870's and 1880's.(p. 451) [421-422]
9. Evaluate why Andrew Carnegie triumphed in the steel industry to 1901.(pp. 451-452) [422]
10. Describe why John D. Rockefeller triumphed in the oil industry.(pp. 453-454) [423]
11. List the two MOST important innovations of the late 19th century.(p. 454) [424]
12. Describe the changes that took place in the selling or merchandizing of products in the late 19th century.(p. 458) [428]
13. Discuss the working conditions of the late 19th century wage earner.(p. 459) [428-429]
14. Describe the workplace conditions for 19th century women.(pp. 459-460) [429]
15. List the major components of the 19th century labor movement.(pp. 461-463) [431-433]
Chapter 19
1. List the major changes in American lifestyles from 1877 to 1890.(pp. 466-468) [438-439]
2. Identify the developments in city architecture and housing patterns in the late 19th century.(pp. 468-469) [440-441]
3. Describe the social characteristics of immigrants from 1877 to 1890.(pp. 470-471) [441 & 444]
4. Describe the social characteristics of immigrants from 1890 to 1910.(p. 471) [444]
5. Explain how the urban political machines worked from 1850 to 1900.(p. 475) [446]
6. Identify the major reform movements from 1877 to 1890.(p. 478) [448]
7. Name the main types of popular entertainment from 1877 to 1890.(pp. 478-479) [448-449]
8. Explain how the average American middle class family changed from 1877 to 1890.(p. 480) [449-450]
9. Identify the main American educational trends from 1877 to 1890.(pp. 481-482) [450-451]
10. Name the court case establishing the "separate but equal" doctrine.(pp. 482-483) [451]
11. Describe the factors fostering the growth in higher education to 1900.(p. 483) [451-452]
12. Describe the place of Blacks in higher education from 1860 to 1900.(pp. 483-484) [452-453]
13. Describe the goal of Booker T. Washington's "Atlanta Compromise." (p. 484) [453]
14. Explain how Henry George proposed to close the gap between
15. Describe the background and goals of the Settlement House program.(p. 488) [457]
Chapter 20
1. Identify the issues supported by the Gilded Age Democratic Party.(p. 498) [468]
2. Identify the issues supported by the Gilded Age Republican Party.(p. 498) [468]
3. Name the court case giving states the right to regulate railroads.(p. 499) [469]
4. Describe the Gilded Age presidents and their accomplishments.(pp. 499-500) [469-470]
5. List the laws passed by the Republican-controlled Congress in 1890.(pp. 501-502) [470-472]
6. Describe the Populists' major complaints.(p. 502) [472]
7. Discuss the
8. Describe the role of the Populists in the 1892 election.(p. 505) [474-475]
9. Explain the difficulties of the second
10. Evaluate Grover
11. Describe how and why women and children entered the labor force following the Depression of 1893.(p. 510) [479-480]
12. Describe the developments in American literature of the 1870's. (p. 511) [480]
13. Describe the campaign strategies of the candidates in 1896.(pp. 513-517) [481 & 484-485]
14. Evaluate the economy and domestic legistation of the first McKinley adminstration.(p. 517) [485-486]
15. Describe the results of the election of 1900.(p. 518) [486]
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TEST 3
Page numbers for the 9th edition are in (parentheses)
Page numbers for the 10th edition are in [brackets]
Chapter 21
1. Explain why Americans became interested in an overseas empire in the late 19th century.(pp. 522-523) [492-493]
2. Discuss the tenets of Social Darwinism espoused by Josiah Strong.(p. 523) [493]
3. Describe the basic goals of 19th century American foreign policy.(p. 523) [493]
4. List the foreign policy goals of William H. Seward.(p. 524) [494]
5. Explain
6. Discuss the
7. Explain why Americans favored the annexation of
8. List the participants in the dispute over
9. Describe Alfred Thayer Mahan's arguments for a new navy.(p. 527) [496-497]
10. List the causes of the Spanish-American War.(pp. 528-529) [498]
11. Describe the types of
12. List the major campaigns and ranking officers involved in the Spanish- American War.(pp. 532-533) [502-503]
13. Describe the new American empire after the Spanish-American War.(pp. 533-534) [504]
14. Explain the reasons for opposition in the
15. Discuss John Hay's "Open Door" policy in
Chapter 22
1. Name the leading industry in the mass production movement.(p. 544) [516]
2. Explain how Henry Ford transformed the auto industry.(pp. 544-45) [516-517]
3. Name the industries dominated by trusts from 1898 to 1903.(p. 545) [517]
4. Describe the important business developments from 1898 to 1909.(p. 545) [517]
5. Discuss the important aspects of mass production in the early 20th century.(p. 546) [518]
6. Describe the costs to workers of mass production.(pp. 546-547) [518]
7. List the principles of Frederick Taylor's scientific management.(p. 547) [518-519]
8. Discuss the major aspects of
9. Explain the conditions faced by working women in 1900.(pp. 548-549) [520-521]
10. Name the leader of the Niagara Movement.(p. 550) [522]
11. Explain the main characteristics of immigration to the
12. Name the major unions and their leaders in the early 20th century
13. Describe the important demographical characteristics of the
14. List the important leisure activities of the early 1900's.(p. 560) [531-532]
15. Describe the important changes in the traditional arts in the early 1900's.(pp. 561-562) [532-533]
Chapter 23
1. List the supporters and goals of Progressivism.(p. 566) [537-538]
2. Name the amendment giving women the right to vote nationally.(p. 571) [542]
3. Describe the Progressive reforms in municipal government.(pp. 574-575) [544-545]
4. Describe the Progressive reforms in state government.(pp. 575-576) [545]
5. Discuss Theodore Roosevelt's view of the presidency and his appointments as president.(p. 577) [546]
6. Explain Theodore Roosevelt's trust policy.(p. 577) [547]
7. Name the first target of Theodore Roosevelt's attack on trusts.(pp. 577-578) [547]
8. Explain the resolution of the anthracite coal miners' strike of 1902.(p. 578) [547]
9. List the legislative accomplishments of Theodore Roosevelt's terms.(p. 579) [548-549]
10. Describe the conservation policies of Theodore Roosevelt.(p. 580) [549-550]
11. Discuss the issues over which the Republican Party split during Taft's presidency.(p. 582) [550-551]
12. Describe the effects of the Mann-Elkins Act.(pp. 582-583) [581]
13. Identify the candidates and results of the presidential election of 1912.(pp. 584-585) [552-553]
14. List
15. Describe
Chapter 24
1. Describe Theodore Roosevelt's defense and foreign policies.(p. 599) [564-565]
2. Discuss how the
3. Explain the
4. Describe the relations between the
5. Explain the goals of Taft's "Dollar Diplomacy."(p. 601) [566]
6. Discuss
7. Describe
8. Describe
9. Discuss the diplomatic events of 1914 leading to World War I.(pp. 603-604) [568-569]
10. Explain the basis of American support for
11. Explain why the
12. Describe the
13. Discuss the
14. Identify the major provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.(pp. 618-619) [582-583]
15. Explain why the U.S. Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles.(p. 620) [584]
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TEST 4
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Page numbers for the 10th edition are in [brackets]
Chapter 25
1. List the prerequisites of the Second Industrial Revolution.(p. 624) [590]
2. Discuss why the automobile industry grew in the 1920's.(p. 624) [590]
3. Discuss
4. Describe the areas of economic weakness in the 1920's.(p. 625) [591-592]
5. Explain the major economic events of the 1920's.(p. 626) [592]
6. Describe changes for women and children in the 1920's.(pp. 627-628) [593]
7. List the main authors prominent in the Literary Flowering of the 1920's.(pp. 629-631) [595 & 598]
8. Explain the events of the Red Scare.(pp. 634-635) [599-600]
9. Evaluate the support for and the results of Prohibition.(pp. 636-637) [600-601]
10. Describe the membership and ideology of the Second Ku Klux Klan.(pp. 637-638) [601]
11. Describe the participants and results of the Scopes Trail.(p. 639) [603]
12. Describe the scandals of the Harding administration.(p. 640) [603]
13. Detail the Republicans' legislative accomplishments of the 1920's.(pp. 640-641) [605]
14. Describe the factions within the Democratic party in the 1920's.(p. 641) [605]
15. Evaluate the candidates and their supporters in the election of 1928.(p. 642) [606-607]
Chapter 26
1. Discuss the causes of the Great Crash.(p. 650) [615-616]
2. Evaluate the causes of the Great Depression.(p. 651) [616]
3. Describe the social effects of the Great Depression on the population.(pp. 651-652) [617-618]
4. Name the most prominent victim of the Great Depression.(p. 653) [619]
5. Describe
6. Name Franklin Roosevelt's first New Deal legislation.(p. 655) [621]
7. Name the one of the most successful and enduring of the New Deal programs.(pp. 655-656) [621]
8. Explain the implementation of the National Recovery Act.(p. 656) [622]
9. Explain the implementation of the Agricultural Adjustment Act.(p. 657) [622]
10. Describe the parts of Franklin Roosevelt's relief program.(p. 658) [623]
11. Discuss the political oppositon to the New Deal.(p. 660) [624]
12. Identify the true originator of Social Security.(pp. 660-662) [624 & 626]
13. Describe the ethnic and political changes resulting from the New Deal.(pp. 663-666) [629]
14. Explain why Franklin Roosevelt's court-packing scheme failed.(pp. 667-671) [630-631]
15. Explain why the Democrats suffered in the 1938 elections.(p. 671) [631]
Chapter 27
1. Discuss how the
2. Describe Franklin Roosevelt's new Latin American policy.(p. 677) [640]
3. Discuss the results of the Washington Naval Conference of 1921.(pp. 677-678) [641]
4. Explain the reasons why isolationism increased in the
5. Detail the principal events of
6. Explain why
7. Evaluate the planning and attack on
8. Name the single greatest advantage of the
9. Explain the U..S. distrust of the
10. Describe the war plan followed by the Allies in 1942-43.(pp. 686-687) [648]
11. Describe the
12. Examine the major domestic developments during World War II.(pp. 688-690) [649-650]
13. Describe how Franklin Roosevelt won the election of 1944.(pp. 692-693) [654]
14. Evaluate the results of the
15. Explain why the
Chapter 28
1. Discuss the results of the Potsdam Conference.(p. 701) [666]
2. Describe events in
3. Explain how the Soviets rebuilt their economy after World War II.(p. 704) [667]
4. Name the supporters of the Containment Policy.(pp. 704-705) [668-669]
5. Describe the Truman Doctrine of 1947.(pp. 705-706) [669-670]
6. Discuss the elements of the Marshall Plan of 1947.(p. 706) [670]
7. Explain the components of Truman's Containment Policy.(pp. 706-707) [670]
8. Evaluate the results of
9. Describe the key elements of
10. Explain why
11. Describe the results of
12. Detail Truman's political weaknesses.(p. 713) [675]
13. Name the candidates for President in 1948.(pp. 713-714) [675-676]
14. Describe the events that encouraged the rise of McCarthyism.(pp. 714-716) [676-677]
15. Describe the events that contributed to the downfall of McCarthyism.(pp. 717-718) [677-680]
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TEST 5
Page numbers for the 9th edition are in (parentheses)
Page numbers for the 10th edition are in [brackets]
Chapter 29
1. Discuss the main social events of the postwar era from 1945 to 1960.(pp. 726-728) [688-690]
2. Explain the cause of the
3. Describe why the
4. Explain the results of postwar suburbanization.(p. 730) [691]
5. Describe the results of the launching of "Sputnik." (pp. 732-733) [694-695]
6. Describe the accomplishments of Truman's Fair Deal.(p. 735) [696-697]
7. Discuss Eisenhower's legislative program.(p. 736) [697]
8. List Eisenhower's legislative accomplishments.(pp. 737-738) [697]
9. Explain the role of the Supreme Court and the President in desegregating the schools.(p. 739) [700]
10. Describe the main actions of the civil rights movement in the 1950's.(pp. 740-742) [701-702]
Chapter 30
1. Explain why Kennedy won the presidential election in 1960.(p. 746) [708]
2. Describe Kennedy's defense policy.(p. 747) [709]
3. Describe the results of the Second Berlin Crisis in 1962.(p. 748) [709]
4. Describe Kennedy's strategy for containing Communism.(p. 748) [709]
5. Evaluate Kennedy's Cuban policy of 1961.(p. 749) [710-711]
6. Describe the Russian and
7. Describe Kennedy's civil rights program.(p. 753) [714]
8. Name the Kennedy programs Johnson pushed through Congress.(pp. 756-758) [718-719]
9. List the legislative accomplishments of Johnson's Great Society.(pp. 758-759) [720]
10. Explain the motivation and results of the
11. Explain why Johnson pushed the
12. Discuss the focus of the student revolt of the 1960's.(p. 765) [727]
13. Explain the fundamental change in the civil rights movement in the mid- 1960's.(p. 767) [728-729]
14. Describe the events and results of the Tet Offensive in 1968.(p. 770) [731]
15. Explain the campaign and the results of the presidential election of 1968.(pp. 770-772) [731]
Chapter 31
1. Discuss the domestic policies of Richard Nixon.(pp. 776-777) [738]
2. Discuss the foreign policies of Richard Nixon regarding detente.(pp. 777-778) [739]
3. Detail Nixon's plan to end the Vietnam War.(p. 778) [739-740]
4. Describe the key events in the Watergate Scandal leading to Nixonís resignation.(pp. 779-780) [741-742]
5. Explain the causes of the energy crisis.(p. 781) [742]
6. Describe the
7. Explain why the Ford presidency was unsuccessful.(p. 789) [749]
8. Explain why Carter proved to be a failure as president.(p. 790) [750]
9. Describe Carter's
10. Describe Carter's Iranian crisis.(pp. 790-791) [751]
11. Explain why Reagan won the presidential election of 1980.(pp. 792-793) [752-753]
12. Explain the main principles of Reagan's supply-side economics.(p. 793) [753]
13. Describe how Reagan hoped to reduce government spending.(p. 793) [753-754]
14. Describe Reagan's domestic accomplishments.(p. 794) [754-755]
15. Explain how Reagan restored
16. Describe the basic tenet of Reagan's foreign policy.(pp. 795-798) [755]
17. Describe Reagan's Latin American foreign policy.(p. 798) [755]
18. Describe the Reagan foreign policy toward the
Chapter 32
1. Explain the factors involved in the 1988 election.(p. 809) [770]
2. Describe the main elements of Bush's foreign policy.(p. 810) [771-772]
3. Describe the events leading to
4. Describe the major changes in the American population from 1970 to 2002.(p. 812) [774]
5. Name the points of origin for most immigrants to the
6. Name the largest ethnic minority in the
7. Name the second largest ethnic minority group in the
8. Describe the general characteristics of Hispanic Americans in 2002.(p. 815) [775]
9. Name the fastest growing minority group in the 2000's.(pp. 817-818) [776]
10. Describe the campaign and results of the presidential election of 1992.(p. 818) [778-779]
11. Discuss Clinton's domestic policy in his first term.(p. 818) [779-780]
12. Describe the campaign & results of the presidential election of 1996.(p. 819) [780]
13. Discuss the Clinton Impeachment crisis.(p. 819) [780-781]
14. Describe the presidential election of 2000.(p. 823) [784]
15. Describe George W. Bush’s war on terrorism.(pp. 825-828) [785-789]
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B Level Objective
The B-Level Objective is an analytical book review.
Rationale: This analytical book review will critically examine an important scholarly book covering some aspect of United States History since 1877. The purpose of the review is twofold: first, to acquaint the student with a classic volume of historical scholarship and second, to allow the student to think critically about an important facet of American history and then to organize your thoughts in clear, cogent prose. You should not view this simply as a hurdle which you must overcome in order to earn a grade of "B" (Option #1) in this course, but rather approach it as an opportunity to expand your creativity in thinking and writing, two very important aspects of any individual's necessary life skills. Therefore, be advised that I consider this a VERY important aspect of this course and your reviews will be read and graded VERY carefully.
Form: Each book review will be approximately 1000 typewritten or word-processed words long. The main objective of this analytical book review should be to comprehensively cover the three sections of the following book review outline:
Part I: This is a brief outline of the contents of the book. In the space of one or two paragraphs you should be able to convey the parameters of the book's contents. DO NOT simply reproduce the book's table of contents.
Part II: Here is the place for a careful summary of the author's thesis. The thesis is the primary idea the author is trying to prove and convince the reader to accept as valid. You must first identify the thesis and then show how the author either substantiates or fails to substantiate this thesis. You should quote portions of the book in order to answer this part of the review, and you will need to cite page numbers for these quotations. This will undoubtedly take you a page or two to do a good job.
Part III: This is your personal evaluation of the book and is the most important part of your analytical book review. Here is where you describe your reaction to the book and put its contents in a comparative perspective with your textbook. Some of the questions you must answer include: Do you agree or disagree with the book's conclusions? Why or why not? Did the book support or contradict what you read in your textbook on the same subject? (You MUST quote some of the relevant passages from both books, citing page numbers.) Did you detect any biases on the part of the author? What was the author's background and why did he or she write the book? How in your opinion could the book have been improved? You must be specific and keep in mind there are NO perfect books. Did you enjoy reading this book? Why or why not? Would you recommend it to others?
Grading: The book review will be graded "ACCEPTED" or "NOT ACCEPTED." If you submit your book review before the deadline date in the syllabus and it is graded "NOT ACCEPTED" you may revise it and resubmit it prior to the deadline date. NO ANALYTICAL BOOK REVIEWS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE DEADLINE DATE IN THE SYLLABUS!
The book review may be e-mailed to me or sent via intercampus or US mail.
Books: The following books, all of which are found in the ACC libraries and most are available in the UT and Austin Public libraries, may be read for the analytical book review. If you wish to substitute another book for one of these titles, YOU MUST RECEIVE THE INSTRUCTOR'S PRIOR APPROVAL.
Karen Anderson, Wartime Women: Sex Roles, Family Relations and the Status of Women During World War II
Ralph Andrist, The Long Death: The Last Days of the Plains Indians.
Desmond Ball, Politics and Force Levels
James Barrett, Work and Community in the Jungle: Chicago's Packinghouse Workers, 1894-1922.
Robert Beisner, Twelve Against Empire: The Anti-Imperialists, 1898-1900
John Berry, Those Gallant Men: On Trial in Vietnam
Ruth Borden, Francis Willard: A Biography
Arnold Brackman, Other Nuremberg: The Untold Story of the Tokyo War Crimes Trial
Henry Brands, Cold Warriors
Alan Brinkley, Voices of Protest: Huey Long, Father Coughlin and the Great Depression
David Brinkley, Washington Goes to War
Robert Burk, Dwight Eisenhower: Hero and Politican
J.W. Chambers, To Raise an Army: The Draft Comes to Modern America
Gordon Chang, Friends and Enemies: The United States, China and the Soviet Union, 1948-1972.
N.H. Clark, Deliver Us From Evil: An Interpretation of American Prohibition
Paul Conkin, Big Daddy from the Pedernales: Lyndon B. Johnson
M.W. Davis, Woman's Place is at the Typewriter: Office Work and Office Workers, 1870-1930
Robert Divine, Eisenhower and the Cold War
R. David Edmunds, American Indian Leaders: Studies in Diversity
Carol Felsenthal, Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Jean Friedman, The Enclosed Garden: Women and Community in the Evangelical South, 1830-1900
John Lewis Gaddis, The Long Peace
Raymond Garthoff, Detente and Confrontaton
Ray Ginger, Six Days of Forever? Tennessee vs. John Scopes
Todd Gitlin, The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage
Lawrence Goodwyn, The Populist Movement
Dewey Grantham, Hoke Smith and the Politics of the New South
Richard Griswold del Castillo, La Familia: Chicano Families in the Urban Southwest,1848 to Present
David Haberstram, The Best and the Brightest
Max Hastings, The Korean War
B. Hobson, Uneasy Virtue: The Politics of Prostitution and the American Reform Tradition
Nathan Huggins, Harlem Renaissance
Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Kenneth Jackson, Crabgrass Frontier
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, Times to Remember
Thomas Kessner, The Golden Door: Italian and Jewish Immigrant Mobility in New York City, 1880-1915
Warren Kimball, The Most Unsordid Act: Lend Lease, 1939-1940
Henry Kissinger, Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy
Richard Kluger, Simple Justice: A History of Brown vs. Board of Education
Juanita Kreps, Sex in the Marketplace: American Women at Work
Mark Landis, Joseph McCarthy: The Politics of Chaos
Judithh Leavitt, Brought to Bed: Childbearing in American, 1750-1950
William Leuchtenburg, In the Shadow of FDR
Arthur Link, Woodrow Wilson and the Progressive Era
Robert Litwak, Detente and the Nixon Doctrine
Harold Livesay, Samuel Gompers and Organized Labor in America
C.A. MacDonald, Korea: The War Before Vietnam
William Manchester, The American Caesar
Michael Mandlebaum, The Nuclear Question: The United States and Nuclear Weapons, 1946-1976
Manning Marable, W.E.B. Dubois: Black Radical Democrat
Thomas Marquis, Keeping the Last Bullet for Yourself: Custer's Last Stand
Elaine May, Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era
Robert MacElvaine, The Great Depression
Joel Meyerson, The United States Army in Vietnam: Images of a Lengthy War
K.B. Morello, The Invisible Bar: The Woman Lawyer in American, 1638 to Present
Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
Robert Murray, The Harding Era
Donald Neff, Warriors At Suez
Humbert Nelli, The Business of Crime: Italians and Syndicate Crime in the US
John Newhourse, Cold Dawn
Daniel Novak, The Wheel of Servitude: Black Forced Labor After Emancipation
Gilbert Osofsky, Harlem: The Making of a Ghetto
G.J.A. O'Toole, The Spanish War
F.D. Pasley, Al Capone: The Biography of a Self-Made Man
Geoffrey Perrett, Days of Sadness, Years of Triumph
E.B. Potter, Bull Halsey
Stephen Rabe, Eisenhower and Latin America
E.M, Rudwick, W.E. B. DuBois: Propoganist of Negro Protest
Edward and Frederick Schapmeier, Dirksen of Illinois
Lois Scharf, Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of American Liberalism
Robert Schulzinger, Henry Kissinger: Doctor of Diplomacy
Glenn Seaborg, Kennedy, Khrushchev and the Test Ban Treaty
David Shannon, Between Wars
Neil Shehhan, A Bright, Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America inVietnam
Harvard Sitkoff, The Struggle for Black Equality, 1954-1980
Douglas Smith, The New Deal in the Urban South
Donald Smythe, Pershing: General of the Armies
John Stilgoe, Borderland: The Origins of the American Suburb, 1820-1930
Leslie Woodcock Tentler, Wage-Earning Women: Industrial Work and Family
Life in the
Kathleen Turner, Lyndon Johnson's Dual War:
Irwin Unger, The Movement: A History of the American New Left, 1959-1972
Adam Ulam, The Rivals:
Robert Utley, Frontier Regulars: The
Lynda Van Devanter, Home Before Morning: A Story of an Army Nurse in
Susan Ware, Partner and I: Molly Dewson, Feminism and New Deal Politcs
Arthur and Lila Weinberg, Clarence Darrow: A Sentimental Rebel
Theodore White, The Making of the President, 1964
William Julius Wilson, The Declining Significance of Race: Blacks and Changing American Institutions
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, The Final Days
David Wyman, The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust
Nancy Zarroulis and G. Sullivan, Who Spoke Up? American Protest Against the War in Vietnam, 1963-1975
Robert Ziegler, American Workers, American Unions, 1920-1985
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A-Level Objective
The A-Level Objective is a term paper.
Rationale: This term paper provides an opportunity for the student to examine, in depth, one specific event, topic, or person in American History since 1877. It will enable you to research an area of interest to you, define a specific subarea of particular interest for further research, and then present the results in a well-written term paper.
General Requirements:
1. You must select the topic in consultation with the instructor before the date specified in the syllabus. This ensures that you will both make a prompt start and have a workable topic. In the past, students have proposed topics that combine the subject of their major with local events or situations. Thus, a pre-law student wrote a paper entitled "The Travis County Bar in 1900" while a nursing student completed a paper on "The History of Brackinridge Hospital." Engineering enthusiasts turned in papers on "The History of the Lower Colorado River Authority" and "The History of the Texas Highway Program, 1950-1980." Business students have researched both individual businesses and businessmen from an historical perspective. The whole idea is to involve you in an area of interest that will also benefit you in your chosen career path and, at the sane time, have sources of information readily available to you.
2. The paper will be approximately 1750 to 2000 words long. This translates into seven or eight double-spaced, typewritten or word-processed pages. Exceptions to these limits must be approved by the instructor before the paper is submitted.
3. The term paper must include at least THREE PRIMARY sources and FOUR SECONDARY sources. A primary source is something written by an individual who lived at the time and took part in the event that he or she is describing. Primary sources usually take the form of letters, diaries, journals, newspapers, government documents, and autobiographies. Secondary sources are books and articles written at a later time, usually by historians who were not participants in the event. No term paper will be accepted unless it contains the requisite number of primary and secondary sources. If you have any questions about a source, ask the instructor.
4. Consult the instructor for direction in finding your sources. Austin has numerous libraries and depositories including The University of Texas General Libraries, the Benson Latin American Collection, the Barker Texas History Center, the Travis County Collection of the Austin Public Library, the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library, and many others in addition to the resources available at ACC. Your instructor will be most helpful in guiding you to the appropriate sources.
5. Footnotes are required in the term paper. The preferred form for footnotes is found in Kate Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations located in the ACC libraries. If you desire to use another form for your footnotes, you must receive prior permission from the instructor. Footnotes are mandatory for both direct quotations AND information you use from other sources.
6. An annotated bibliography is also required. The form can be found in Kate Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Term papers, Theses, and Dissertations. The purpose of annotating your bibliography is to explain not only the contents of the source but also its value to you in preparing the paper.
7. The term paper must be typed, doubled-spaced on standard letter-sized, white paper with margins approximately one inch on all sides. Several ACC campuses have LRS Computer Centers that encourage the student to use Apple and PC microcomputers to word process their papers. Thus, you may learn word processing at the same time you complete your term paper.
8. Any form of scholastic dishonesty, especially plagerism, in the production of this paper or in any other part of the course will NOT be tolerated! Any student committing any form of scholastic dishonesty in this course will automatically receive the grade of "F" in the course and be reported to ACC authorities for further disciplinary action.
9 If you have any questions concerning the term paper at any point in the process, be sure to contact the instructor.
Grading: This term paper will be graded "ACCEPTED" or "NOT ACCEPTED." If you submit your term paper before the deadline date in the syllabus and it is graded "NOT ACCEPTED," you may revise it and resubmit it prior to the deadline date.
Deadline: No term paper will be accepted after the deadline date listed in the syllabus.
HIS 1302(PCM) Sample Test Questions
The following are sample test questions you might expect to encounter on the exams covering the textbook material. They fall into three categories: 1) the "Except" type question, 2) the "All of the above are correct" variety, and 3) the one-concept answer type question.
The "Except" question is used when there is more than one factor or cause that precipitated the event mentioned in the Learning Objective and it is important that you recognize all of these factors. For example, Chapter 17 Learning Objective 1 asks you to identify the physical features that impeded settlement on the Great Plains. If you turn to America: Past and Present, pages 391-392, you will see a number of factors listed: treeless and flat terrain, the lack of good rivers, little rainfall, little timber, tough soil, and intemperate weather. Therefore the question reads:
1. All of the following physical features influenced westem settlement EXCEPT: A. few rivers B. abundant precipitation C. a lack of lumber D. intemperate climate E. tough and inhospitable soil In this case the correct answer is choice "B" which is the exception. If you know the various factors listed in the textbook, then picking this answer is simple.
The second type of question, the "All of the above are correct" question, is used when there are 4 or 5 important factors and you need to know them. For instance, Chapter 18 Learning Objective 6 asks you to explain how the first Pacific Railroad was constructed and financed. Turning to the text, page 525, you discover this railroad was built by the Union Pacific and Central Pacific, partially financed by the US government, actually constructed in large part by Irish and Chinese immigrants, and hampered by Indian attacks. Therefore the test question might read:
6. The first transcontinental railroad A. was built by the Union Pacific and Central Pacific companies B. was financed partially by US government loans and grants C. was physically built by ex-soldiers and Irish and Chinese immigrants D. met resistance from Indians E. All of the above are correct. In this case the correct answer is choice "E" since all of the first four choices are correct parts of the total answer. If you just select "A", "B", "C", or "D" it will be counted as incorrect since it is only part of the correct answer.
The third type of question is the one concept answer type of question. An example of this is Chapter 17 Learning Objective 6 requiring you to identify the largest landowning group in the west. Turning to the textbook on page 503 in the second column you read "...the railroad companies were the West's largest landowners.~ The corresponding question might be:
6. The largest landowners in the west were the A railroads B. mining companies C. cattlemen D. farmers E. None of these is correct. The correct answer is obvious choice "A".
Most of the Learning Objectives have several several important factors, influences, steps, results or developments (whichever the Learning Objective requires) and therefore as you review the text to find the answers, you ought to find three or four factors, etc. for each Learning Objective. Relatively few of the Learning Objectives can be answered with one word answers such as found in the third type of question. As you find the three or four pertinent factors, etc. for each Learning Objective, WRITE OUT your answer, and then study your notes; you ought to do well on the exams. If you simply skim the text looking for one word answers to the Learning Objectives, you WILL have difficulty with the exams. Put the time into studying and you should be pleased with your test results.
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