MCCCD Program Description

Arizona History

Course: HIS105

First Term: 1995 Fall

Lecture 3.0 Credit(s) 3.0 Period(s) 3.0 Load
Subject Type: Academic
Load Formula: S

Description: The prehistoric and contemporary Native American experience, Spanish colonial times, the Mexican National period, the U.S. federal territorial years, and Arizona`s political and economic development during the twentieth century.

MCCCD Official Course Competencies
1. Review the physiography, principle rivers, flora, fauna, and climatic changes characteristic of Arizona. (I) 2. Describe the prehistoric cultures of Arizona and the origins of contemporary Native Americans. (II) 3. Describe the Spanish years in Arizona and the significance of their early Spanish explorations and expeditions into Arizona. (III) 4. Describe the establishment in Arizona of missions, presidios, and towns by the Spanish, and their introduction of essential industry. (III) 5. Describe the increased interest in the Southwest in the early nineteenth century, and the significance of the arrival of the early pathfinders in Arizona. (IV) 6. Describe the significance to Arizona of the war against Mexico in 1846, the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and the Gadsden Purchase. (V) 7. Describe the creation of Arizona routes to California and the military topographical missions that opened and secured the roads. (VI) 8. Describe on the development of transportation in Arizona, and the introduction of mule trains, camel caravans, stagecoaches, and steamboats on the Colorado River. (VII) 9. Describe the effects of the American Civil War on Arizona during Confederate presence and reoccupation by Union forces. (VIII) 10. Describe the significant political and economic features of Arizona as a federal territory. (IX) 11. Describe government Indian policy in Arizona and the Apache`s uprising of the 1870s. (X) 12. Describe the growth of the Arizona territory resulting from generous land policy extended to settlers. (XI) 13. Describe modern Arizona in the aftermath of the construction of Roosevelt Dam and on the subsequent Salt River dams. (XII) 14. Describe the success of the Salt River project and Central Arizona project in laying the foundations for the vast growth of contemporary Phoenix and the state in general. (XIII)
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. Physiography A. Climatic changes B. Principle rivers C. Arizona flora II. The Native American people A. Anthropological origins B. Prehistoric cultures C. Contemporary American natives III. Arizona: The Spanish years 1521-1821 A. Historical perspective B. Expeditions and their significance C. Mission schools D. The presidios E. The civil settlement and the reglamentos de 1772 F. The introduction of essential industry IV. Pathfinders of the trans-Mississippi movement: the Arizona experience A. Events leading to interest in the southwest B. Pathfinders who reached Arizona in the 1820s C. Significance of the pathfinders in Arizona history V. Arizona and the war against Mexico, 1846-1848 A. Preliminaries: Manifest Destiny B. American Army of the West, 1846 C. Treaty of Guadalupe, 1848 D. The Gadsden Purchase, 1853 VI. Arizona routes to California: 1849 California gold rush VII. Arizona transportation in the 1850s A. Military camel experiment, 1857 B. Stagecoaches of the southwest C. Steamboats of the Colorado VIII. Arizona during the Civil War: the disunion of the New Mexico territory A. Baylor`s proclamation line, 1861 B. Confederate military presence established in the Arizona/New Mexico territory C. The union reoccupation of the New Mexico territory IX. Arizona: a federal territory A. Arizona Organic Act, 1862 B. Territorial government X. The Apaches of Arizona in 1870s A. Causes of Indian/settlers hostilities B. Proposed solutions C. Military role and events D. Arizona Indians and white settlers problem XI. Harnessing the waters of the Salt River (Rio Salado) A. The great flood of 1891 B. The long drought of the 1890s C. Arizona growth related to generous land policy extended to western settlers D. The Newsland Reclamation Act, 1902 E. The Theodore Roosevelt Dam F. Arizona dams for water storage and electricity: Salt and Verde Rivers G. Irrigation canals H. Water from the Colorado River XII. Water rights in Arizona: the Doctrine of Prior Appropriation XIII. The Central Arizona Project (CAP)

MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: 3/23/2010

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