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| Course: HIS104 First Term: 2016 Fall
Final Term: Current
Final Term: 9999
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| 1. Describe the problems of re-uniting the Union and Reconstructing the nation after the end of the Civil War, including differences between Presidential and Congressional Reconstruction. (I)
2. Explain the failed promise of Reconstruction, the political and economic revival of the Redeemed white South, and the Compromise of 1877. (I) 3. Describe the national shift of interest to westward expansion and development of the nation`s potential in agriculture, cattle, and minerals. (II) 4. Describe the nation¿s growing human resources resulting from industrialization, immigration and urbanization. (III) 5. Explain the creation of a climate for political and financial development, promoting the growth of enormous corporations and capital formations. (III, IV) 6. Describe social reform during the Gilded Age leading to organized labor, populist agrarianism, and legislation to control big business and restrain political corruption. (IV) 7. Review American foreign policy, including reaching outward for trade, expansion, and empire. (V) 8. Explain the Progressive Era, and the social, economic, and political reforms of Presidents T. Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson. (VI) 9. Describe the initial stance of American neutrality in World War I, the nation`s early role in the war, and why the U.S. eventually joined the war in 1917. (VII) 10. Explain the defeat of the Central Powers, the Fourteen Points, and the Treaty of Versailles. (VII) 11. Explain the clash of values in the 1920s as reflected in the Red Scare, prohibition, speakeasies, evolution, and revival of the KKK. (VIII) 12. Describe the economics of the Roaring Twenties as reflected by the automobile, the booming stock market, and the development of the consumer market, leading to the Great Crash of 1929. (VIII, IX) 13. Explain the causes of the Great Depression, and the effects of unemployment, loss of income, homelessness, and bank closures. (IX) 14. Describe the election of 1932, FDR and the New Deal, and their effect on the nation. (IX) 15. Explain American isolationism pre-World War II, the U.S. reaction to war, and eventual involvement in the War. (X) 16. Assess American participation in the war in Europe and the Pacific. (X) 17. Describe the factors creating the Cold War following World War II, and the nation¿s response to it in Europe and Asia. (XI) 18. Review domestic policy during the late 1940s and 1950s, including McCarthyism, and the consumer culture during the Eisenhower years. (XI, XII) 19. Explain the background and struggle of the Civil Rights movement, desegregation of schools, the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts, and African-American activism. (XII) 20. Describe the Cold War at home and abroad during the presidencies of John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon, including the Vietnam War and its aftermath. (XIII) 21. Explain the counter-culture and reform activism of the 1960s, economic problems of the 1970s, and the presidency of Ronald Reagan. (XIV, XV) 22. Describe the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the demise of the Soviet Union, ending the Cold War. (XIV, XV) 23. Review post Cold War politics, the Persian Gulf War, and the presidency of Bill Clinton. (XV, XVI) 24. Explain the controversy over the 2000 presidential election, the post 9/11 global response, and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. (XVI) 25. Review the election of the first African-American president, and the global challenges the nation faces in the future, including global warming and economic recession. (XVI, XVII) | |||
| 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 | |||
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I. Reconstruction 1865-1877
A. Presidential Reconstruction B. Congressional Reconstruction C. Freedmen`s Bureau and Black Codes D. The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments E. Grant administration F. Retreat from Reconstruction 1. Compromise of 1877 2. ¿Redeeming¿ a New South 3. Rise of Jim Crow II. Transforming the West A. Native Americans 1. Tribes and Culture 2. Federal Indian Policy 3. Warfare and Dispossession B. Western Bonanza 1. Expansion and settlement of the west 2. Mining 3. Cattle and Farming III. Industrialization, Immigration, and Urbanization A. An Industrial Empire 1. Railroads, Steel, and Oil 2. Inventing technology 3. Changing nature of business 4. Inventing the Trusts B. The ¿New Immigration¿ C. Crowded cities IV. Stirrings of Reform A. New Currents in Social Thought 1. Working men, women, and children 2. Labor Unions 3. Settlement Houses B. Rise of the Populist Movement 1. The farm problem 2. Farmers¿ Alliances 3. People¿s Party C. Tariffs, Trusts, and early regulation D. Silver Crusade V. America and the World: Toward Empire A. U.S. looks outward B. War with Spain C. Acquisition of Empire 1. Philippines 2. Panama and Latin America 3. Open Door Policy VI. The Spirit of Progressivism: From Roosevelt to Wilson A. Theodore Roosevelt and the Square Deal B. Taft and The Insurgency C. Woodrow Wilson¿s Progressivism D. Limits of the Progressive movement VII. America and the Great War A. Foreign policy under Wilson B. Toward War C. U.S. joins the War D. Fourteen Points, and Victory E. Treaty of Versailles VIII. Transition to Modern America A. The New Economy 1. Automobiles, consumerism, and advertising 2. Corporate consolidation 3. Open shops and corporate welfare B. Life in the Roaring Twenties C. A Conflict of Cultures 1. The Red Scare 2. Prohibition and speakeasies 3. Revival of the KKK 4. Religious fundamentalism and the Scopes Trial D. Republican politics: Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover IX. Great Depression and the New Deal A. Great Crash B. Election of FDR C. The Hundred Days D. Challenges to the New Deal E. Second New Deal F. Supreme Court fight G. Impact of the New Deal X. World War II, 1939-1945 A. Isolationism and internationalism B. War in Europe C. Road to War D. Wartime partnerships E. Turning the Tide 1. Europe 2. Pacific F. Home Front G. Victory in Europe and Asia XI. Onset of the Cold War A. The Cold War Begins: Division of Europe B. Containment 1. Truman Doctrine 2. Marshall Plan 3. Berlin Airlift 4. Western military alliance C. Cold War expands to Asia D. Cold War at home 1. The Loyalty Issue 2. McCarthyism XII. Affluence and Anxiety A. Sources of economic growth B. Advances in Science, Medicine, and Technology C. Reshaping Urban America D. Civil Rights Movement 1. Supreme Court 2. School desegregation 3. Black activism 4. The expanding movement, and growing success XIII. Cold War Continues: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon A. John F. Kennedy 1. Asia 2. Bay of Pigs 3. Cuban Missile Crisis B. Johnson escalates the Vietnam War C. The return of Richard Nixon 1. Vietnamization 2. Opening to China 3. D?nte with the Soviet Union 4. SALT XIV. Turbulent Times in the Sixties and Seventies A. Protesting the Vietnam War B. The Youth Culture, ¿Black Power,¿ women¿s liberation movement C. Oil. OPEC, and Inflation D. Watergate and Resignation E. Ford Administration F. Troubles of Jimmy Carter G. The Reagan Revolution XV. The Age of Reagan A. Reagan¿s domestic policies B. Reagan and the Cold War 1. Challenging the ¿Evil Empire¿ 2. Embracing Perestroika 3. Crisis and Democracy in Eastern Europe C. George H.W. Bush in the White House D. Demise of the Soviet Union E. End of the Cold War F. Persian Gulf War XVI. A New Generation, 1993 TO 2008 A. Election of Bill Clinton B. The Prosperous Nineties C. Challenges of a changing population D. Confronting a New Century E. Controversial 2000 election of George W. Bush F. 9/11 and the confrontation with terrorism G. Iraq and Afghan Wars XVII. The Age of Globalization A. Decline of the Bush presidency B. Election of Barack Obama C. Challenges and Promises | |||
MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: 3/23/2010 | |||