| Originator: | Kevin Cantera Status: Approved Department: HIS History |
| Date Created: | 02/14/2017 Submitted: 02/20/2017 Completed: 09/12/2017 |
| Effective Semester: | Fall |
| Catalog Year: | 2018-19 |
| Course Prefix: | HIS |
| Course Number: | 132 |
| Course Full Title: | History of the United States II |
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| Reason for Evaluation: | Prerequisite Change Description Change Goals, Competencies and/or Objectives Change |
| Current Credit: | 3 |
| Lecture Hours: | 3 |
| Lab Hours: | 0 |
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| SUN Course?: | Yes |
| AGEC Course?: | Yes |
| Articulated?: | Yes |
| Transfer: | ASU NAU UA |
| Prerequisite(s): | Appropriate score on placement exam or completion of PCS 021 and TRE 089 with an "S". |
| Corequisite(s): | None |
| Catalog Course Description: | This course is a continuation of the survey of the political, economic, and cultural history of the United States, from the period of Reconstruction to the present day. |
| Course Learning Outcomes: | 1. Identify key events in the political, social, and economic history of the United States from the end of the Civil War to the present day. (2, 3, 5)
2. Evaluate the short- and long-term effects of key events in the political, social, and economic history of the United States from the end of the Civil War to the present day. (2, 3, 5) 3. Compare the policies and actions of presidential administrations from Abraham Lincoln to the current president. (2, 3, 5) 4. Evaluate the social and political climates that surrounded presidential administrations from Abraham Lincoln to the current president. (2, 3, 4, 5) 5. Evaluate the historically-significant political, social, economic, and technological developments that have affected the United States since the end of the Civil War. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) 6. Synthesize knowledge about changing attitudes towards race, ethnicity, class, and gender in the United States. (2, 3, 5) 7. Formulate historically-defensible positions on the effects of cultural diversity in America. (3, 4, 5) 8. Evaluate the changing role of the United States throughout the world since the late nineteenth century. (1, 2, 3, 5) 9. Critique historical sources, both primary and secondary. (1, 2, 3, 5) 10. Construct well-informed opinions about significant events, trends, and ideas in the United States since the end of the Civil War. (2, 3, 5, 6) |
| Course Competencies: | Competency 1: Evaluate the major events and individuals of the Reconstruction Era and the formation of the New South.
Objective 1.1: Compare the effects of the Civil War and emancipation on both the North and South. Objective 1.2: Identify the ideas, objectives, and actions of Conservative, Moderate, and Radical Republicans during Reconstruction. Objective 1.3: Analyze the ideas, objectives, and actions of Conservative, Moderate, and Radical Republicans during Reconstruction. Objective 1.4: Appraise Andrew Johnson's conflict with the Radical Republicans. Competency 2: Evaluate key people, events, and ideas as the United States expanded within the interior of the West between 1865-1890. Objective 2.1: Identify the social structures and cultural characteristics of the various populations in the West. Objective 2.2: Evaluate the regional and national effects of the discovery of gold, silver and other mineral wealth in the West. Objective 2.3: Critique the policies of the federal government regarding Native Americans. Objective 2.4: Outline the reasons for the rise and decline of farmers and ranchers in the U.S. West. Competency 3: Evaluate the individuals, events, and ideas that allowed the United States to become the largest industrial power in the world. Objective 3.1: Identify key sources of industrial growth. Objective 3.2: Examine the emergence and growth of industrial capitalism. Objective 3.3: Appraise criticism of industrial capitalism. Objective 3.4: Investigate the rise of organized labor in the United States. Objective 3.5: Evaluate the objectives and strategies of the U.S. labor movement. Objective 3.6: Assess the level of success achieved by the U.S. labor movement. Competency 4: Appraise factors that led U.S. cities to grow in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Objective 4.1: Assess the effects of rapid of urban growth. Objective 4.2: Summarize the social and cultural pressures that resulted in urbanization. Objective 4.3: Formulate an image of the urban landscape during the period. Objective 4.4: Investigate the conditions of U.S. cities and the lives of those who lived there. Objective 4.5: Identify the social and cultural changes associated with new urban growth. Objective 4.6: Assess the pressures that urban life placed on individuals, families, and society at large as a result of urban living. Objective 4.7: Analyze the social and cultural effects of rising mass consumption associated with urbanization. Objective 4.8: Explain the rise of high culture in the urban age. Objective 4.9: Assess the positives and negatives of high culture in the urban age. Competency 5: Evaluate political movements during the late nineteenth-century era of American Imperialism. Objective 5.1: Explain the changing nature of U.S. politics in the last third of the nineteenth century. Objective 5.2: Examine the causes and effects of the agrarian revolt in the United States. Objective 5.3: Assess the impact of the agrarian revolt in the United States. Objective 5.4: Investigate the Crisis of the 1890s and the rise of the Populist Movement. Objective 5.5: Outline key events and individuals during the period of American Imperialism. Objective 5.6: Evaluate the short- and long-term effects of the acquisition of new territories by the United States. Objective 5.7: Analyze the causes of the Spanish-American War. Objective 5.8: Identify the problems involved in developing a colonial administration for America's new empire. Competency 6: Appraise the key ideas, goals, and strategies of the various groups seeking Progressive reforms the early twentieth century. Objective 6.1: Outline the reasons for and sources of the rise of Progressive ideologies. Objective 6.2: Evaluate the key groups, people, and events connected to Progressivism, including the women's suffrage movement, the labor movement, and the temperance movement. Objective 6.3: Critique the contributions of the Progressive Movement. Objective 6.4: Identify the Progressive elements of Theodore Roosevelt's presidency. Objective 6.5: Compare the political, economic, and social policies of Roosevelt and Taft. Objective 6.6: Identify the policies of Woodrow Wilson. Objective 6.7: Assess the effects of the policies of Woodrow Wilson. Competency 7: Evaluate the role of the United States during World War I. Objective 7.1: Examine the concept of "Big Stick" diplomacy. Objective 7.2: Evaluate America's involvement in world events between 1901 and 1917. Objective 7.3: Identify the causes of World War I. Objective 7.4: Synthesize the various elements that led the United States to join the Allies during World War I. Objective 7.5 Assess America's contribution to World War I. Objective 7.6: Evaluate the aftermath of World War I in the United States, including Wilson's Crusade, the influenza epidemic, recession, the Red Scare, and isolationism. Competency 8: Evaluate the significant people, events, and ideas of the 1920s. Objective 8.1: Assess the social, economic, and cultural changes that occurred during the 1920s. Objective 8.2: Identify sources of domestic social conflict, including prohibition, nativism, and the Democrats' ordeal. Objective 8.3: Summarize the effects of cultural conflict in the United States during the 1920s. Objective 8.4: Outline the structure of the Republican administrations of Harding and Coolidge. Competency 9: Evaluate the causes and effects of the Great Depression, and the significant people, events, and ideas of the period. Objective 9.1: Identify the causes of the Great Depression. Objective 9.2: Form an explanation to describe how American society weathered the storm of the Great Depression. Objective 9.3: Summarize the effects of the Great Depression on individual, families, and society. Objective 9.4: Evaluate the goals and strategies of Herbert Hoover in dealing with the economic crisis. Competency 10: Assess the significant details of Franklin Roosevelt's presidency and the New Deal. Objective 10.1: Evaluate the New Deal, including attempts to restore confidence in the economy, encourage recovery for U.S. industries, and provide federal relief. Objective 10.2: Outline the elements, focus, and intent of the "Second New Deal" for reform and recovery. Objective 10.3: Analyze the limits and the legacy of the New Deal, including its effects on minority groups. Competency 11: Assess the significant issues, people, ideas, and events from the global crisis between 1921 and 1941. Objective 11.1: Evaluate the goals and strategies of American diplomacy during the period between World War I and World War II. Objective 11.2: Define the concepts of isolationism and internationalism. Objective 11.3: Critique the various justifications of both isolationism and internationalism. Objective 11.4: Summarize how the United States moved from a position of neutrality to that of intervention during. Objective 11.5: Assess the effects of the American shift away from neutrality during World War II. Competency 12: Evaluate the key people, events, and ideas of World War II and in American involvement in the war. Objective 12.1: Outline the reasons why the United States fought the war on two fronts. Objective 12.2: Summarize the various methods by which the United States and the American people mobilized for war. Objective 12.3: Evaluate the various issues related to race and gender in the United States during World War II. Objective 12.4: Summarize the events that led to the defeat of the Axis powers. Competency 13: Assess the key issues, events, and people associated with the Cold War. Objective 13.1: Outline the origins of the Cold War. Objective 13.2: Analyze the collapse of peace, including the failure of Potsdam, China, the Containment Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and NATO. Objective 13.3: Classify the social, economic, and cultural status of postwar America. Objective 13.4: Analyze the causes of the Korean War. Objective 13.5: Evaluate the issues that prompted the crusade against subversion, including issues associated with HUCA, Alger Hiss, the Rosenberg Case, and McCarthyism. Objective 13.6: Assess the events, people, and ideas that led to the end of the Cold War. Competency 14: Critique the effects of the United States on the world economy and global culture after World War II. Objective 14.1: Identify what is meant by the "Affluent Society." Objective 14.2: Classify the ways that national prosperity affected the social, economic, and physical landscape of the United States. Objective 14.3: Evaluate major scientific and technological breakthroughs of the twentieth century. Objective 14.4: Assess the effects of the postwar rise of the American middle-class, including the development of suburbia. Objective 14.5: Analyze the values of the Beat Generation. Objective 14.6: Critique the arguments of the Beats against bureaucracy and middle-class society. Objective 14.7: Outline the issues faced by marginalized groups outside the middle class. Objective 14.8: Classify the key issues and events that gave rise to the Civil Rights Movement. Objective 14.9: Analyze the effects of Eisenhower Republicanism and the decline of McCarthyism. Competency 15: Evaluate the significant people, events, and ideas of the turbulent 1960s. Objective 15.1: Assess the impact of the Kennedy and Johnson presidencies. Objective 15.2: Evaluate various programs that were a part of the "Great Society" reforms, including Medicare, Medicaid, Community Action programs, Federal Aid to Education, and the Immigration Act of 1965. Objective 15.3: Assess the goals and strategies of key leaders in the Civil Rights Movement. Objective 15.4: Identify key events in the struggle for civil rights and the enactment of legislation designed to end racial inequality, including the 1963 March on Washington, Freedom Summer and the Selma to Montgomery marches, and the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act. Objective 15.5: Evaluate the effects of black power ideology. Objective 15.6: Assess efforts by Kennedy to diversify foreign policy and counter Communist aggression, specifically in the development of Special Forces, the Alliance for Progress, the Peace Corps, the Bay of Pigs, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Objective 15.7: Evaluate the key causes and events of the Vietnam War. Objective 15.8: Assess the effects of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy on the social and political climate of the nation. Competency 16: Analyze the major changes that occurred as crisis with authority developed in the United States. Objective 16.1: Assess the effects of "personal liberation" on American society. Objective 16.2: Summarize the formation of the New Left. Objective 16.3: Identify the role of the New Left in antiwar movements. Objective 16.4: Assess the 1960s "counterculture" and its effects on American society. Objective 16.5: Evaluate the strategies and goals of various minority groups during the 1960s and 1970s. Objective 16.6: Outline major developments in the growth of ecology. Objective 16.7: Appraise the effects of the environmental movement. Objective 16.8: Critique Nixon and Kissinger's involvement with the Vietnam war. Objective 16.9: Summarize the major events of the Watergate Crisis and the end of the Nixon presidency. Competency 17: Evaluate significant people, events, and ideas in the United States during the 1970s and 1980s. Objective 17.1: Evaluate the key policies of the Ford and Carter presidencies, including their attempts to restore faith in government. Objective 17.2: Summarize the controversy surrounding SALT II. Objective 17.3: Identify the key groups and individuals connected to the rise of a new American right. Objective 17.4: Assess the strategies and goals of the new American right. Objective 17.5: Identify factors that contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Empire. Objective 17.6: Assess the effects of the fall of the Soviet Empire upon the United States. Objective 17.7: Identify the major economic, political, social, and technological events of the Bush presidency. Objective 17.8: Analyze factors that led to President Bush being defeated in 1992. Competency 18: Assess the political, economic, and societal changes created by globalization. Objective 18.1: Identify the major issues facing the United State in the early twenty-first century. Objective 18.2: Evaluate the various partisan struggles that occurred during the Clinton presidency. Objective 18.3: Evaluate the effects of hyper-partisanship. Objective 18.4: Evaluate major changes in American society and culture as a result of the global economy. Objective 18.5: Identify the effects of globalization on various groups within the United States and around the world. Objective 18.6: Analyze the effects of globalization. Objective 18.7: Formulate potential solutions to the problems created by globalization. |