UNITED STATES HISTORY II – 1302 SECTION 055 – SYNONYM 47085 NRG – ROOM 2118 SATURDAY 9:00 TO 11:40 AM |
PROFESSOR: L. CAROL GIVENS OFFICE HOURS: SATURDAY 3:00PM TO 6:00 PM OR BY APPOINTMENT. PHONE: (512) 223-179O – 25358# AND LEAVE MESSAGE: E-MAIL: lgivens@austincc.edu WEB PAGE: www.austincc.edu/lgivens |
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will acquaint the student with the basic facts of United States History from 1877 to present using a textbook, classroom lecture, discussion and outside readings. See http://www.austincc.edu/history.
COURSE RATIONALE: See http://www.austincc.edu/history.
COURSE FORMAT: The material in this course will be presented in a lecture/discussion format.
TEXTBOOK: Robert Divine et al, America: Past and Present Volume II, Tenth Edition
COURSE REQUIREMENTS: The material in America: Past and Present is to be read and studied according to the attached class schedule.
Grade of “A” – Student completes all four unit exams and two take home essay assignments with an overall average of 90 – 100. |
Grade of “B” – Student completes all four unit exams and two take home essay assignments with an overall average of 80 – 89. |
Grade of “C” – Student completes all four unit exams and two take home essay assignments with an overall average of 70 – 79. |
Grade of “D” – Student completes all four unit exams and two take home essay assignments with an overall average of 60 – 69. |
Grade of “F” – Student completes all four unit exams and two take home essay assignments with an overall average of 59 or below OR who commits any act of scholastic dishonesty.
GRADES: A student’s grade will be determined by the following:
Test 1 - 100 points (25 percent of the grade)
Test 2 - 100 points (25 percent of the grade) (Includes take home essay)
Test 3 - 100 points (25 percent of the grade)
Test 4 - 100 points (25 percent of the grade) (Includes take home essay)
Total available points - 400 points
NO STUDENT MAY EARN MORE THAN A GRADE C IN THE CLASS WITHOUT COMPLETING BOTH TAKE HOME ESSAYS.
UNIT EXAMS:
§ There are four closed book, closed notes unit exams including the final. The NRG Testing Center rules apply when taking tests in the classroom.
§ The first three unit exams may be taken twice if a student fails to earn at least a grade of 70 and the student takes the test for the first time on the day of the test in class. A STUDENT MAY NOT RETEST THE FOURTH OR FINAL TEST OF THE CLASS.
§ Students who receive less than 70 on a test have one week from the date that the tests are handed back in class to retest at the NRG Testing Center.
THE HIGHEST GRADE POSSIBLE ON THE RETEST IS 70 AND THIS INCLUDES POINTS FOR THE TAKE HOME ESSAY. If a student receives a lower grade on the retest than the first test, the student will receive the higher of the two grades for that unit exam.
§ If a student misses the unit exam in class the student will be allowed to take the exam at the NRG Testing Center without grade restrictions ONLY if the student provides a medical excuse certified by a physician for the date missed by the student. If the student cannot provide a medical excuse the highest grade the student can receive is a 70 and the make-up test must be taken within one week from the date of the missed test.
§ Students taking unexcused make-up tests will not be allowed retests.
§ Retest and make-up exams may contain different questions than the original exam.
§ For Testing Center rules, consult http://www.austincc.edu/testctr or RRC Campus, Testing Center
§ The unit exams may consist of multiple-choice, true or false, identification of terms questions and short essays covering the textbook material and classroom lectures as highlighted by the learning objectives included in this syllabus and by STUDY GUIDES for each chapter provided at my web page, http://www.austincc.edu/lgivens. A take-home essay is part of two tests.
ANALYTICAL TAKE COME ESSAYS:
· The student will complete two analytical take-home essays during the course which are part of test 2 and test 4. Historical essays will be provided to the student prior to the test. The student will respond to the essay in writing following instructions provided below. Student essays are due at the time of the test as indicated on the course schedule. The essays are worth 20 points on the test. Five points will be deducted for late essays.
· Essays will be typed, double spaced with one inch margins. Each essay assignment will be approximately 500-700 words.
· Essays must be written in student’s own words.
· Essays will consist of three (3) separate parts:
1. A summary of the reading material
2. The author’s thesis. Explain and discuss how the author supports the thesis or how the author fails to support the thesis.
3. The student’s reaction to the author’s thesis. Do you agree or disagree with the thesis. How does the author’s thesis relate to today’s world.
· Essays and answers to questions will be graded on analytical content, historical accuracy and overall use of the English language and grammar.
COURSE POLICIES:
§ ATTENDANCE: PUNCTUAL AND REGULAR ATTENDANCE IS REQUIRED. A student is allowed two (2) absences during the session. After two absences a student’s grade for the course will be lowered by a full grade for every absence. Tardiness to class or leaving before dismissal is an unexcused absence. Students are tardy if they arrive after class has started. Students will be excused from class only if they provide a medical excuse certified by a physician for the date(s) missed. Attendance may be taken into consideration when determining final grades.
§ WITHDRAWAL: IT IS THE STUDENT’S RESPONSIBILITY TO OFFICIALLY WITHDRAW FROM THE CLASS. If the student does not officially withdraw from the class, the student will receive a grade at the end of the semester. Failure to officially redraw may result in a failing grade in the course. The Professor reserves the right to withdraw a student from class for any violation of policies outlined in this syllabus.
§ INCOMPLETES. In order to receive an incomplete or “I” for the class, the student must have completed a minimum of 90% of the course work AND provide a medical excuse certified by a physician. All “Incompletes” must be completed within the first four weeks of the following semester. There are no exceptions to this policy.
§ SCHOLASTIC DISHONESTY. Acts prohibited by the college for which discipline may be administered include scholastic dishonesty, including but not limited to cheating on an exam or quiz, plagiarizing, and unauthorized collaboration with another in preparing outside work. Academic work submitted by students shall be the result of their thought, research or self-expression. Academic work is defined as, but not limited to tests, quizzes, whether taken electronically or on paper; projects, either individual or group; classroom presentations, and homework. A student who commits any act of scholastic dishonesty will, as a minimum, be dismissed from the class for the semester and will receive the grade of "F” for the course.
§ STUDENT DISCIPLINE. Violation of any of the following rules may result in the lose of ten (10) points from the student’s final grade or being dropped from the class by the Instructor.
§ No talking in a disruptive manner or actions that disrupt the class
§ No sleeping
§ No arriving late and/or leaving class before the end of the class
§ No use of socially unacceptable language in class
§ Turn off all cell phones while in class and cell phones are not allowed on the desks or in a hand.
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES:
Each ACC campus offers support services for students with documented physical or psychological disabilities. Students with disabilities must request reasonable accommodations through the Office of Students with Disabilities on campus where they expect to take the majority of their classes. Students are encouraged to do these three weeks before the start of the semester.
ACADEMIC FREEDOM:
Each student is strongly encouraged to participate in class. In any classroom situation that includes discussion and critical thinking, there are bound to be many differing viewpoints. These differences enhance the learning experience and create an atmosphere where students and instructors alike will be encouraged to think and learn. On sensitive and volatile topics, students may sometimes disagree not only with each other but also with the instructor. It is expected that faculty and students will respect the views of others when expressed in classroom discussions.
STUDENT PRIVACY:
The federal government requires that student privacy be preserved. Thus the posting of grades, even by the last four digits of the social security number, is forbidden. All communication will remain between the instructor and the student, and the instructor will not be able to share details of the student’s performance with parents, spouses, etc.
CLASS SCHEDULE HISTORY II – 1302
SPRING 2016
DATE CLASS ACTIVITY |
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Jan 23 |
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Introduction |
Jan 30 |
Chapter 17 |
The West: Exploiting an Empire |
Feb 06 |
Chapters 18 and 19 |
The Industrial Society and Toward an Urban Society, 1877-1900 |
Feb 13 |
Test #1 |
Chapters 17, 18, and 19 |
Feb 20 |
Chapter 20 and 21 |
Political Realignments in the 1890s and Toward Empire |
Feb 27 |
Chapters 22 and 23 |
The Progressive Era and From Roosevelt to Wilson in the Age of Progressivism |
Mar 05 |
Test #2 (ESSAY DUE) |
Chapters 20, 21, 22, and 23 |
Mar 12 |
Chapter 24 |
The Nation at War |
Mar 19 |
Spring Break – No Class |
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Mar 26 |
Chapters 25 and 26 |
Transition to Modern America and Franklin C. Roosevelt and the New Deal |
Apr 02 |
Test #3 |
Chapters 24, 25 and 26 |
Apr 09 |
Chapter 27 |
America and the World 1921 - 1945 |
Apr 16 |
Chapters 28 |
The Onset of the Cold War, |
Apr 23 |
Chapter 30 |
The Turbulent Sixties |
Apr 30 |
Chapter 31 |
The Rise of the New Conservatism 1969 – 1988 |
May 07 |
Test #4 Final (ESSAY DUE) |
Chapters 27, 28, 30 and 31 |
Variance in above schedule is at the discretion of the Professor
COMMON COURSE OBJECTIVES: Please consult http://www.austincc.edu/history
CHAPTER 16 – REUNION AND THE NEW SOUTH
1. Define the term "reconstruction".
2. Define the Reconstruction Amendments Thirteen, Fourteen and Fifteen.
3. Discuss the terms and results of the “Compromise of 1877.”
4. Define the Redeemers’ program.
5. Describe the social and political effects of the “redeemer” regimes in the New
South
22.Trace the boom-and-bust development of the open-range cattle industry.
23. Describe the problems faced by early farmers of the Great Plains and the new
methods with which they addressed their problems.
24. Describe new techniques and technology designed to permit the farming of the
Great Plains.
25. Name where the "final fling" of settlement took place on the frontier.
1. Explain when and where the most important advances in industrialization occurred.
2. Discuss each of the major factors that contributed to the rapid industrialization of 1870-1900.
3. Explain how the development of a national railway system led to an integrated national economic system.
4. Discuss how federal and state governments helped construct railroads.
5. Describe the principal economic and social effects of the railroad, 1865-1900.
6. Trace the building of the American railroad network, 1865-1900.
7. Describe how railroad trunk lines changed the railroad industry.
8. Discuss the building of the transcontinental railroad lines and name where the lines met.
9. Name the most important figure in American finance.
10. Discuss the rise and consolidation of the steel industry and the importance of a Nation's production of steel.
11. Explain why Andrew Carnegie triumphed in the steel industry to 1901.
12. Name the first billion dollar company.
13. Explain the rise and consolidation of the oil industry.
14. Describe why John D. Rockefeller triumphed in the oil industry.
15. Name the first modern trust.
16. List and describe the most important inventions of the last third of the nineteenth century, including their major effects.
17. Identify and explain each of the major factors in the development of a national consumer market.
18. Compare and contrast the effects of industrialization on the working lives of native-born white Anglo-Saxon Protestant males and on women, children, Catholics, Jews, and immigrants.
19. Identify the adaptations in the “culture of work” required by the new factory system, and the response to those changes by working people.
20. Compare and contrast the policies and methods of the Knights of Labor with those of the American Federation of Labor.
21. Describe what happened at the Haymarket Riot in 1886 and what resulted from it.
22. Describe what happened at the Pullman Strike and what resulted from it.
23. Explain how the Homestead Strike emphasized the cost of industrialization.
24. Explain the principle of the "iron law of wages."
25. Explain vertical integration.
26. Discuss why this period of industrialization was called the "gilded age."
1. Define the term “new immigrants” and explain their adaptation to urban stresses and their effect on American cities.
2. Explain how living in the city tenements contributed to social problems in the cities.
3. Explain and evaluate the operation of the early political “machines” and name the most famous political machine of this time.
4. Explain why mainstream society was troubled by the influx of new immigrants.
5. Describe the changes taking place in public education, 1877–1890.
6. Describe the major changes taking place in American higher education, 1877- 1890.
7. Compare and contrast the education and civil rights policies of Booker T.
Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois.
8.Explain the principal tenets of Social Darwinism as applied to reform.
9. Explain the Social Gospel as applied to a reform movement.
10. Describe Jane Addams' work in the settlement house movement.
11. Explain the following quote, "The United States was born in the country and moved to the city."
12. Explain the result of the Supreme Count's Plessy v. Ferguson decision.
13. Explain why reformers turned their attention to prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages .
1. Explain why Americans were fascinated by politics during this period.
2. Discuss the stalemate of partisan politics in the 1870s and 1880s.
3. Explain who made up the bulk of the electorate until 1900.
4. Explain the rise of the early state regulatory commissions.
5. Explain who, most early commissions in the 1870s, were established to regulate.
6. Trace the reassertion of presidential power from 1876 to 1888.
7. Identify and describe the significance of the legislation passed by the Republican party in 1890 and the voters’ response to that “billion-dollar Congress.”
8. Discuss the Sherman Antitrust Act.
9. Describe and evaluate the American agrarians’ grievances in the late nineteenth century.
10. Trace the growth of the farmers’ protest from the Grange through the Farmers’
Alliance.
11. Detail the establishment of the Populist party, its platform, and its first presidential
election.
12. Explain the downfall of the Populist Party.
13. Discuss the march of “Coxey’s Army.”
14. Discuss the “great” Pullman strike of 1894 and the name of the individual that received national attention.
15. Explain the divisions between capital and labor and between “old” and “new” miners in the Midwestern coal strike of 1894.
16. Describe the changes in American attitudes toward poverty brought by the depression of the 1890s.
17. Describe the changes in the American work force brought by the depression of the 1890s.
18. Explain how the silver issue served as a symbol for a social and political movement.
19. Compare and contrast the Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns of 1896.
20. Name the presidential candidates of the 1896 election.
21. Explain who won the election of 1896 and why.
22. Discuss the Democratic and Republican view of tariffs in the 1880s.
23. Evaluate the role of the election and administration of William McKinley in the emergence of modern urban, industrial government and politics.
CHAPTER 23 – FROM ROOSEVELT TO WILSON IN THE AGE OF PROGRESSIVISM
1. Name the characteristics that defined and shaped progressivism.
2. Explain why professionals were attracted to the progressive movement and how
this effected local, state, and federal governments.
3. Explain the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Amendments to the Constitution.
4. Explain what progressivism meant at the city and the state level.
5. Name the most famous reform city mayor and governor of the Progressive Era.
6. Explain how reforms of this period differ from reforms of the previous eras.
7. Explain why the government grew during the Progressive Era.
8. Explain why voting declined during the Progressive Era.
9. Explain what Roosevelt meant by the “bully pulpit” and how he applied this to his
administration.
10. Explain the importance of the Supreme Court's decision in the Northern
Securities case.
11. Explain President Roosevelt's role in the great coal strike of 1902.
12. Explain why President Roosevelt was called a "trust buster" and how did he
distinguish a good trust from a bad trust.
13. Summarize the progressive measures of the Roosevelt presidency, with emphasis
on railroad regulation, food and drug regulation, and conservation.
14. Contrast Taft’s approach to executive leadership with Roosevelt’s specifying
their different attitudes toward reform.
15. Determine the issues that adversely affected Taft’s relationship with progressives
and influenced his downfall in 1912.
16. Explain the political effects of Taft’s handling of the Ballinger-Pinchot affair and
his support for the Payne-Aldrich Tariff.
17. Discuss why Taft was not given credit for his achievements in trust busting and
conservation.
18. Discuss the specific disappointments of African Americans, farmers, and women
to Wilson’s first-term policies.
19. List and briefly explain the major reforms of Wilson’s and know the most
important reform.
20. Examine the participation of women in the social-justice movement and in the
efforts to bring about prohibition and women’s suffrage.
21. Discuss the issues involved and the reasons for Wilson’s success in the 1912
election.
22. Define Wilson’s New Freedom.
23. Define Roosevelt's New Nationalism.
24. Explain who helped form the Progressive or Bull Moose Party.
25. Explain why the passage of the Federal Reserve Act passed during Wilson's presidency is considered to be his most important achievement.
26. Explain the characteristics of the Socialist Party of America during the time and their leader, Eugene Debs.
27. Name the three Progressive presidents.
1. Summarize the foreign policy of the United States in the 1920s.
2. Explain the causes and effects of the isolationism of the 1930s.
3. Trace the background of war in Europe in the 1930s.
4. Explain the Kellogg-Briand Pact.
5. Explain the purpose of the Nye Committee investigation.
6. Explain the Neutrality Acts.
7. Discuss the Munich Agreement in 1938 and explain why it was called the "policy of appeasement".
8. Explain what caused the beginning of World War II.
9. Explain Roosevelt's Lend-Lease policy.
10. Discuss the factors that led to conflict in Asia.
11. Discuss the event that brought the United States into World War II.
12. Analyze the goals of the Allies in forming the wartime coalition.
13. List the closest ally of the United States in World War II.
14. Explain why the United States worried about Hitler's attacks against Great
Britain.
15. Explain the United States - Soviet relationship during the war.
16. Discuss the military strategy that stopped the advance of the Germans.
17. Discuss the term "D-Day" and its significance to the war.
18. Discuss the Battle of the Bulge and its significance to the war.
19. Compare and discuss the contribution of the Soviet Union to the American contribution to the war.
20. Describe how the United States took control of the central Pacific in 1942.
21. Explain the term "island hopping."
22. During the war, explain what group of people were placed in relocation camps.
23. Discuss the changes the war brought about in domestic economic development.
24. Discuss the Manhattan Project.
25. Discuss President Truman's primary motive for using atomic weapons against Japan.
26. Name the Japanese cities where the United States dropped the atom bombs.
27. Explain the impact of war on American politics and its economy.
28. Evaluate the performance of the United States in wartime diplomacy.
29. Discuss the Allied strategy of the last days of World War II
1. Explain the origins of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union following World War II.
2. Discuss the Potsdam conference of 1945.
3. Explain when the Soviet Union first learned of the American atomic bomb.
4. Explain the fundamental disagreement between the United States and the Soviet Union at the beginning of the Cold War.
5. Explain the term "Iron Curtain."
6. Explain what effect the Baruch Plan had on America.
7. Explain how the U.S. commitment to stopping the spread of communism placed the U.S. and the Soviet Union on a collision course.
8. Explain the "containment" policy.
9. Explain the Truman Doctrine and its effect on the Cold War.
10.Explain the Marshall Plan and its effect on the Cold War.
11. Explain the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and its effect on the Cold War.
12. Discuss the Berlin airlift.
13. Evaluate the responses of the Truman administration to the onset of the Cold War.
14. Discuss the expansion of the Cold War in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
15. Discuss the origins, developments, and results of the Korean War.
16. Discuss the erroneous advice given to President Truman by General MacArthur during the Korean War.
17. Explain the reasons for Truman’s surprise reelection as president in 1948.
18. Explain the rise and fall of McCarthyism in the United States from 1950 to 1954.
19. Evaluate Truman’s success in extending the New Deal policies of the FDR administration.
20. Account for the elections of Dwight D. Eisenhower as president in 1952 and 1956.
21. Discuss the U-2 event.
22. Discuss the second Berlin airlift.
23. Evaluate Eisenhower’s success or failure in waging the Cold War.
1. Explain why Levittown was symptomatic of American conformity and consumerism of the postwar years.
2. Describe the problems of reconverting to a peacetime economy and the reasons for the surge of the economy after 1946.
3. Analyze the components of Truman’s Fair Deal and establish the reasons why most of his package was not enacted.
4. Using specific references, explain why Eisenhower’s administration marked an era of moderation.
5. Discuss the objectives, victories, and failures of the civil rights movement in the 1950s.
6. Explain how Rosa Parks inspired the Montgomery bus boycott.
7. Explain who led the Montgomery bus Boycott.
8. Explain Martin Luther King, Jr.'s philosophy concerning civil rights.
9. Summarize the contributions of Martin Luther King Jr. during the 1950s.
10.Explain how the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka reversed segregation.
11.Discuss why America said farewell to the New Deal spirit and the effect this had on Truman’s presidency.
12. Identify the reasons why the pace of desegregation of southern schools was slow.
13. Explain why Eisenhower send federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957.
4. Summarize the main events and results of the Bay of Pigs.
5. Explain why the Cuban missile crisis came close to being a nuclear conflict
between the United States and Russia.
6. Compare and contrast the arguments for continued confrontation or conciliation
with the Russians in the context of the Cuban missile crisis.
7. Explain why the United States became involved in the conflict between North and
South Vietnam.
8. Explain what Kennedy did to help Vietnam in 1961.
8. Explain President Johnson's domestic program including his Civil
Rights program.
9. Discuss the Gulf of Tonkin affair and its significance to the Vietnam war.
10. Explain the reasons for America’s buildup of military strength in Vietnam and
how this escalation undermined the Johnson administration.
11. Explain why and how the year 1968 seemed to mark a turning point in the
Vietnam War and in President Johnson's political career.
12. Explain the significance of the Vietcong Tet offensive.
13. Discuss the political downfall of Lyndon Johnson.
14. Discuss the American bombing of Vietnam in 1965 and explain why American
military strategists counted heavily on it.
15. Discuss the protests in this country against the Vietnam war.
16. Discuss the factors that led to the return of Richard Nixon.
17. Analyze the key features of the cultural rebellion of the 1960s.
18. Discuss the ethnic and women’s movements of this era.