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Center for Curriculum and Transfer Articulation
Selected Issues in United States History
Course: HIS107

First Term: 1994 Fall
 Lecture   3 Credit(s)   3 Period(s)   3 Load  
Subject Type: Academic
Load Formula: S


Description: Survey of selected major issues in history of United States from early times to present



MCCCD Official Course Competencies
1. Describe the major developments in the evolution of warfare to the 20th Century. (I)
2. Describe the major principles underlying American foreign policy before 1914. (I)
3. Describe the roles of the President and the Congress in the making of foreign policy. (I)
4. Describe the major features of American military and naval policy before 1914. (I)
5. Describe the role of the President as commander-in-chief. (I)
6. Describe American policy toward the war in Europe, 1914-1917. (II)
7. Describe the causes of America`s entry into World War I. (II)
8. Describe the American mobilization for war in World War I and its significance for American society. (II)
9. Identify the major events and figures in the American military experience during World War I. (II)
10. Describe the contribution of the United States to the Allied victory in World War I. (II)
11. Describe the American peace program at the end of World War I. (II)
12. Describe American foreign and military policy in the period 1920-1933. (II)
13. Describe the causes and manifestations of American isolationism in the 1930s. (III)
14. Describe the causes of American entry into World War II. (III)
15. Describe the American military and naval policy in the period 1938-1941. (III)
16. Describe the American mobilization for World War II. (III)
17. Describe the impact of the war effort upon American society and cultural life. (III)
18. Describe the American approach to war as manifested in the conduct of World War II. (III)
19. Identify the major events and figures in the American military and naval effort during World War II. (III)
20. Describe American foreign policy during World War II. (III)
21. Describe the causes of the Cold War. (IV)
22. Describe the containment concept. (IV)
23. Describe the implementation of the containment concept in the period 1947-1950. (IV)
24. Describe American national security policy in the period 1945-1950. (IV)
25. Describe the major causes, events, figures, and results of the Korean War. (IV)
26. Describe the major features of American foreign and national security policy in the period 1953-1963. (IV)
27. Describe the causes, results, and significance of the Cuban Missile Crisis. (IV)
28. Describe the impact of the Cold War upon domestic America. (IV)
MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements.
 
MCCCD Official Course Outline
I. Introduction
II. A new world power
   A. Road to war, 1914-1917
   B. Over here and over there
   C. Retreat from power
III. The United States in a broken world
   A. From isolationism to intervention, 1933-1941
   B. War and society
   C. The American approach to war
IV. The rise to globalism
   A. Cold war and containment
   B. Hot war
   C. To the brink and back
 
MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date:  5/24/1994

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