Class Lecture Powerpoint Slides

U.S. History 2 Spring 2016 © Dr. Thomas

Jan 20 Introduction - The Historian’s Craft

Jan 25 The Contested West Chapter 17

Jan 27 - Feb 1 Business & Politics in the Gilded Age Chapter 18

Feb 3 - 8 The City & Its Workers Chapter 19

Feb 10 - 15 Dissent, Depression, & War Chapter 20

Feb 22 - 24 Progressivism Chapter 21

Feb 29 Progressivism - Foreign Policy Chapter 21 - 22

Mar 2 - 7 The Great War Chapter 22

Mar 9 The Roaring 1920s Chapter 23

Mar 23 The New Deal Experiment Chapter 24

Mar 28 - Apr 4 The U.S. & The Second World War Chapter 25

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Apr 6 The Politics & Culture of Abundance Chapter 27

Apr 13 Cold War Politics in the Truman Years Chapter 26

Apr 20 The Sixties Chapter 28

Apr 25 - 27 Vietnam - The Limits of Power Chapter 29

May 2 Civil Rights Chapter 30

May 4 - 9 1970s and Beyond Chapter 31