HIST 152:02 U.S History Since 1877
Purdue University
University Hall 219
2017 Spring Semester
MWF 8:30-9:20
Professor: Dr. Gallon
Office: University Hall, 122
Email:
Office Hours: TTH, 1:30 -3:00 p.m. & by appointment
Required Books:
James A. Henretta. America’s History, vol. 2: Since 1865(8th edition)
Kevin B. Sheets. Sources for America’s History, vol 2: Since 1865 (8th edition)
Course Description and Objectives:
This course covers the development of American institutions and society from 1877 to the present. It also emphasizes the role played by political, economic, social, cultural, and intellectual forces on the culture and development of ethnic and racial groups. The course also deals with the broad theme of American exceptionalism and its role in the United States development as a global power.
Broadly, the course includes four main objectives. They are as follows:
- To identify and examine basic American social, ethnic, cultural, political and economic institutions and groups and their interrelationships within the United States and within the world
- To critically analyze and evaluate texts and sources which reflect the history of the United States since 1877 with an emphasis on ethnicity and race
- To identify key historical issues and debates in United States history since 1877
- To make United States history since 1877 relevant to contemporary political, economic and environmental issues in the country and in the larger world
Class Schedule
Week One: January 9, 11 & 13
9 Monday:
Class Introduction
11 Wednesday:
Reading: America’s History, chapter 17,
Lecture: Industrial America
13 Friday:
Reading: Sources for American History, chapter 17
Reading: “Industrialist Justifies Fortunes Used for the Common Good.” p. 423-427
Reading: “Congress Closes Door to Chinese Laborers” p. 434-437
Reading: “Pointing Out the Irony of Nativist Policies” p. 438
Reading: “Economist Scores the Costs and Benefits of Monopoly.” P. 439-442
Week Two: January 16, 18 & 20
16 MLK Day
18 Wednesday:
Reading:America’s History chapter 18
Lecture: The Victorians
20 Friday:
Reading: Sources for American History, chapter 18
Reading: “Pursuing the Manly Sports for Self and Society, p. 443-447
Reading: “Arguing the Merits of College for Women.” p. 447-451
Reading “A Black Leader’s Compromise for Racial Opportunity.” p. 451-454
Reading: “Social Darwinist Explanation of Women’s Dependence.” P. 457-461
Week Three: January 23, 25 & 29
23 Monday:
Reading: America’s History, chapter 19
Lecture: Urbanization and Race in Large Cities
25 Wednesday:
Reading: Sources for American History, chapter 19
Reading: “Civilization’s Inferno”, p. 462-462
Reading: “”Competing Against the Party Machine, “p.464-468
Reading: “American Dream Meets Tenement Reality”, p. 468-470
27 Friday:
Reading: Sources for American History, chapter 19
Reading: “Persistent and Violent Racism Against African Americans.” p.471-473
Reading: “Garment Workers Stand With Union. P. 473-477
Reading: “Muckracker Exposes Chicago Meat Packing Industry”
Week Four: January 30, February 1 & 3
30 Monday:
Reading: America’s History, chapter 20
Lecture: Progressivism
1 Wednesday
Reading: Sources for American History, chapter 20
Reading: “Whose Government? Politics, Populists, and Progressives, p.483-487
Reading: Progressive Leader Identifies the Problem with City p. 488-490
Reading: “Radical Reformer Appeals to Chicago’s Voters,: p. 490-493
3 Friday:
Reading: Sources for American History, chapter 20
Reading: “Black Populist Handicaps Texas Election” p. 494-496
Reading: “President Calls for Conservation of Natural Resources” p. 496-500
Reading: “Negro Problem Solved Through Education of Leadership Class: p.501-505
Week Five: February 6, 8 & 10
6 Monday:
Reading: America’s History, chapter 21
Lecture: Imperial United States
8 Wednesday:
Reading: Sources for American History, chapter 21
Reading: “An Emerging World Power p.527-532
Reading: “Deposed Queen Plans for Her Island Kingdom” p. 532-534
Reading: Filipino Protests American Policy” p.534-536
10 Friday
Reading: Sources for American History, chapter 21
Reading: “Antiwar Song Stirs Peace Movement” p.538-539
Reading: “Workers Protest Wartime Attacks” p.539-543
Reading: “President’s Fourteen Points Postwar Peace.” P.544-547.
Week Six: February 13, 15 & 17
13 Monday: (Midterm)
15: Wednesday
Reading: America’s History, chapter 22
Lecture: Culture & Race in the Interwar period
17 Friday
Reading: Sources for American History, chapter 22
Reading: “Evangelist Condemns the Curse of Alcohol” p. 556-557
Reading: “Harlem Renaissance Poet Declares Black is Beautiful” p. 560-561.
Reading: “Advertising the American Dream.” P.563-566.
Week Seven: February 20, 22 & 24
20 Monday:
Reading: America’s History, chapter 23
Lecture: The Great Depression
22 Wednesday:
Reading: Sources for American History, chapter 23
Reading: “Managing the Great Depression, Forging the New Deal” p.567-571
Reading: “President Inspires Depressed Nation With Promise of Action.” p. 571-575.
Reading: “Outflanking Roosevelt With Plan to Share the Nation’s Wealth
24 Friday:
Reading: Sources for American History, chapter 23
Reading: “FDR’s New Deal Programs in Action” p. 579
Reading: “Labor Leader Campaigns for Worker’s Rights p. 580-584
Reading: “Reporting the Plight of Depression Families” p. 584-588.
Week Eight: February 27, March 13
27 Monday:
Reading: America’s History, chapter 24
Lecture: World War II
1 Wednesday:
Reading: Sources for American History, chapter 24
Reading: “President Roosevelt Defines the Four Freedoms at Risk” p. 590-596
Reading: “Soldiers Describe D-Day Experience” p. 596-600
Reading: “Japanese Americans in the Crosshairs of War.”
3 Friday
Reading: Sources for American History, chapter 24
Reading: “Fighting for Democracy and Civil Rights at Home and Abroad” p.601-
603
Reading: “Life Magazine Exposes the Horrors of Germany’s Concentration
Camps.” P. 603-604
Reading: “President Explains Use of Atomic Bomb to End War.” P.605-608
Week Nine: March 6, 8, & 10
6 Monday:
Reading: America’s History, chapter 25
Lecture: Cold War America
8 Wednesday:
Reading: Sources for American History, chapter 25
Reading: “Cold War America” p. 632-634
Reading: “Challenging Truman’s Containment Policy” p.634-637
Reading: “Debating the Homosexual Risk to National Security.”
10 Friday:
Reading: Sources for American History, chapter 25
Reading: “Investigating the Communist Threat” p. 641-644
Reading: “Secretary of State Announce Cold War Defense Policy” p.644-647
Reading: “Finding Security in the Age of Anxiety.” P. 647-648
Week Ten: March 13, 15 & 17
SPRING BREAK
Week Eleven: March 20, 22 & 24
20 Monday:
Reading: America’s History, chapter 26
Lecture: Cold War & the Middle Class
22 Wednesday:
Reading: Sources for American History, chapter 26
Reading: “Triumph of the Middle Class” p. 649-653
Reading: “Teen Culture in the Fifties” p.654-654
Reading: “Evangelical Calls America to Christ.” p. 655-658
24 Friday:
Reading: Sources for American History, chapter 26
Reading: “Doctor’s Advice on Raising Healthy Children” p. 659-663
Reading: “National Concerns About the Corruptions of Youth” p.663-667.
Reading: “Social Critic Laments Emptiness of Modern Life.” p. 667-671
Week Twelve: March 27, 29, & March31
27 Monday:
Reading: America’s History, chapter 27
Lecture: The Civil Rights Movement, part I
29 Wednesday:
Reading: Sources for American History, chapter 27
Reading: “Walking into Freedom Land” p. 672-675
Reading: “Southern Congressmen Issue Manifesto Against ” p.675-677
Reading: “Civil Rights Activist Challenge Racial Discrimination.” p. 677-679
31 Friday:
Reading: Sources for American History, chapter 27
Reading: “Civil Rights Movement Takes a More Militant Turn” p. 680-684
Reading: “Native Americans Claim Alcatraz Land” p.684-686
Reading: “The Poetry of Chicano Nationalism and Civil Rights” p. 686-690
Week Thirteen: April 3, 5 & 7
3 Monday:
Reading:America’s History chapter 28
Lecture: The Re-emergence of the Right
5 Wednesday:
Reading: Sources for American History, chapter 28
Reading: “Uncivil Wars” p. 691-695
Reading: “Vietnam Vet Questions America’s War in Asia ” p.695-697
Reading: “Radical Feminists Push for Liberation.” p. 697-699
7 Friday:
Reading: Sources for American History, chapter 28
Reading: “Mexican American Labor Leader Seeks Peaceful Path” p. 700-702
Reading: “Conservative Rebirth of the Republican Party” p.703-697
Week Fourteen: April 10, 12 & 14
10 Monday:
Reading: America’s History, chapter 29
Lecture: Women’s Rights Movement
12 Wednesday:
Reading: Sources for American History, chapter 29
Reading: “The Search For Order in an Era of Limits” p. 708-709
Reading: “Steel Town Faces Challenge of Deindustrialization” ” p.710-713
Reading: “Abortion Case Highlights Division.” p. 714-719
14 Friday
Reading: Sources for American History, chapter 29
Reading: “Conservative Response to Equal Rights Amendment” p. 719-721
Reading: “Diagnosing the “National Malaise” p.721-725
Reading: “Evangelicals on the Rise.” p. 725-729
Week Fifteen: April 17, 19 & 21
17 Monday:
Reading: America’s History, chapter 30
Lecture: New Right Politics
19 Wednesday:
Reading: Sources for American History, chapter 30
Reading: “Conservative America in the Ascent” p. 751-755
Reading: “Reagan Insider Describes Supply-Side Economics” p.755-758
Reading: “Eighties Culture of Greed.” p. 758-759
21 Friday:
Reading: Sources for American History, chapter 30
Reading: “Exposing Reagan’s Latin American Policies” p. 760-763
Reading: “Civil Rights Leader Urges Referendum on Reagan Years” p.763-767
Reading: “American Reacts to Gulf War Victory.” p. 767-769
Week Sixteen: April 24, 26 & 28
24Monday:
Reading: America’s History, chapter 31
Lecture: United States and the New Global Order
26 Wednesday:
Reading: Sources for American History, chapter 31
Reading: “Confronting Global and National Dilemmas” p. 770-775
Reading: “Backlash Against Immigrants” p.775-780
Reading: “Cartoonist Questions the Politics of Character.” p. 780-781
28 Friday
Reading: Sources for American History, chapter 31
Reading: “Reading: “American Ambassador Defines U.S. Interest in Post-Cold War
World” p. 781-784
Reading: “President Responds to 9/11 Attacks” p.785-788
Reading: “Democratic Presidential Candidate Confronts the Issue of Race.” p. 788-793
Assignments and Grading:
1. Midterm Exam =25% The exam will consist of two parts:
Short identifications based on “Terms To Know” from the chapters in textbook.
One essay question based on lectures and readings
2. Final Exam = 40%
The exam will consist of three parts:
Short identifications based on “Terms To Know” from the chapters in textbook
Two essay questions based on lectures and readings
3. Quizzes = 20%
Six (6) announced quizzes with 10 questions drawn from
the main textbook will be administered throughout the semester.
Make-ups are unavailable unless a documented excuse is provided.
Only your top 5 scores will be calculatedin the final grade ---the lowest grade will be dropped
4. Engagement = 15%
Ongoing engagement of the material in the course is extremely important for students to get a sense of the interpretive narrative provided by the professor.
Each student will record his or her name, the date of and type engagement on a 3x5 card and then turn in the card(s) at the end of one of the lectures in each of the designated periods:
January 9th – February 3rd
February 6th – March 3rd
March 6th – March 31st
April 3rd - April 28th
Engagement consists of the following activities:
Asking a substantive and well-formed question about the lecture material
Making a substantive and constructive comment about the material
Serving as a group spokesperson for collaborative work
This method will allow me to keep track of engagement. The following scale will determine your grade for engagement:
Grading
A+ 98-100%
A 93-97
A- 90-92
B+ 88-89
B 83-87
B- 80-82
C+ 78-79
C 73-77
C- 70-72
D+ 68-69
D 63-67
D- 60-62
F 0-59
Academic Dishonesty
Exams in this course are in an essay and short answer format and will be administered in class. Your work on the exams must be your own. Cheating, copying other students’ work, or bringing in essays written by others into the classroom will result in failure. Students are responsible for reading and understanding the University policy on cheating and plagiarism
Purdue prohibits "dishonesty in connection with any University activity. Cheating, plagiarism, or knowingly furnishing false information to the University are examples of dishonesty." [Part 5, Section III-B-2-a, University Regulations] Furthermore, the University Senate has stipulated that "the commitment of acts of cheating, lying, and deceit in any of their diverse forms (such as the use of substitutes for taking examinations, the use of illegal cribs, plagiarism, and copying during examinations) is dishonest and must not be tolerated. Moreover, knowingly to aid and abet, directly or indirectly, other parties in committing dishonest acts is in itself dishonest." [University Senate Document 72-18, December 15, 1972]
Pandemic Policy
In the event of a major campus emergency, course requirements, deadlines and grading percentages are subject to changes that may be necessitated by a revised semester calendar or other circumstances beyond the instructor’s control. Here are ways to get information about changes in this course.
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Course and Instructor Evaluation
During the last two weeks of the semester, you will be provided an opportunity to evaluate this course and your instructor. During the fifteenth week of classes, you will receive an official email from evaluation administrators with a link to the online evaluation site. You will have two weeks to complete this evaluation. Your participation in this evaluation is an integral part of this course. Your feedback is vital to improving education at Purdue University. I strongly urge you to participate in the evaluation system.