HIST-1302 United States History II
Rebecca Czuchry
Credit Summer 2023
Section(s)
HIST-1302-054 (63831)
LEC DIL ONL DIL
HIST-1302-055 (63832)
LEC DIL ONL DIL
HIST-1302-059 (63836)
LEC DIL ONL DIL
HIST-1302-061 (63838)
LEC DIL ONL DIL
Course Requirements
DETERMINATION OF GRADE AND EXPLANATION OF COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
1. Chapter Reading Quizzes (10%): Your e-textbook contains several brief reading quizzes throughout each chapter. You will complete each of these quizzes as you are reading the assigned chapters. Scores for these quizzes will be uploaded by the instructor into the Blackboard gradebook, but you will also be able to view your scores directly in the eBook website throughout the semester.
2. Exams (90%): Students will take three multiple-choice exams, each worth 30% of the final grade in the course.
Readings
REQUIRED TEXTBOOK: You will use Pearson's REVEL platform to access the following textbook: Brands, H.W., et al, American Stories, 4th edition, volume 2. This is an e-book and will be available the first day of the semester. This course includes a fee to cover the costs of required digital materials provided at a discounted rate from the ACC Bookstore. IMPORTANT! The digital materials fee is added to your tuition and fees when you register. You do not have a separate transaction to purchase the book. For more information, see https://www.austincc.edu/academic-and-career-programs/first-day-classes. In Blackboard, click on "Course Materials" to access the REVEL platform. If you have an account with Pearson from other classes you do not need to create a new account.
Course Subjects
Reconstruction through Plessy v. Ferguson
Industrialization and Immigration
the Great Migration
The Great War - WWI
The 1920s at home and abroad
The Great Depression
The World War II era
Post-War America
The Cold War
The Vietnam Era
Beneficiaries of the Civil Rights Struggle
The Chicano Movement
Watergate
The 1980s through the 2000s
Student Learning Outcomes/Learning Objectives
Name the major U.S. government Indian policies from 1830 to 1890.
Describe the U.S. government's land distribution policy from1862-1890 and the goal of the Dawes Severalty Act.
Discuss the Spanish influences in southwestern life and institutions.
Describe the steps in the development of the cattle industry
Explain the factors that caused rapid industrial growth in the 19th century U.S. and identify the “Captains of Industry.”
Describe political and economic impact of railroads on post-Civil War American society.
Describe the changes that took place in the selling or merchandizing of products in the late 19th century.
Discuss the working conditions of the late 19th century wage earner and the workplace conditions for 19th century women.
Explain the major changes in American lifestyles and why cities grew between 1877 to 1900.
Describe the social characteristics of immigrants from 1877 to 1890.
Identify the major reform movements from 1877 to 1900.
Name the court case establishing the "separate but equal" doctrine.
Describe the goal of Booker T. Washington's "Atlanta Compromise."
Explain why Americans became interested in an overseas empire by 1890 and what factors fostered change in American foreign policy.
Discuss the tenets of Social Darwinism espoused by Josiah Strong.
Explain U.S. foreign policy towards Latin America from 1869 to 1896.
Describe Alfred Thayer Mahan's arguments for a new navy.
Describe the new American empire after the Spanish-American War.
Explain the reasons for opposition in the U.S. to overseas empire.
Discuss John Hay's "Open Door" policy in China.
Explain the main events that showed the US was becoming a world power and describe Theodore Roosevelt's defense and foreign policies.
Discuss how the U.S. gained the Panama Canal.
Discuss the important aspects of mass production in the early 20th century.
Discuss the main focus of the Niagara Movement.
Describe Wilson's diplomacy prior to U.S. entry into World War I.
Describe Wilson's policy toward Mexico from 1913 to 1917.
Discuss the diplomatic events of 1914 leading to World War I and the factors that did the most to undermine Wilson's peace efforts in late 1916 and early 1917.
Explain why the U.S. entered World War I.
Describe the U.S. military contributions in World War I.
Identify the major provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.
Explain why the U.S. Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles.
Explain the major economic events of the 1920's.
Explain the events of the Red Scare and the factors that caused it.
Describe the membership and ideology of the Second Ku Klux Klan.
Evaluate the causes of the Great Depression and describe the social effects of the Great Depression on the population.
Name the most successful and enduring of the New Deal programs.
Describe the ethnic and political changes resulting from the New Deal.
Explain the reasons why isolationism increased in the U.S. during the 1920's and 1930's.
Detail the principal events of U.S. foreign policy from 1939 to 1941.
Explain why Japan went to war with the U.S.
Explain the U.S. distrust of the Soviet Union during World War II.
Evaluate the results of the Yalta conference.
Explain why the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb on Japan in 1945.
Discuss the results of the Potsdam Conference and how the Cold War began.
Describe the policy of Containment during the Cold War.
Describe the Truman Doctrine.
Discuss the elements of the Marshall Plan of 1947.
Evaluate the results of Russia's land blockade of West Berlin and the Berlin Airlift.
Describe the key elements of U.S. defense policy from 1945 to 1960 especially the National Security Act and NSC-68.
Describe the events that encouraged the rise of McCarthyism and the events that contributed to the downfall of McCarthyism.
Explain the results of postwar flight to the suburbs and why it was the most significant social trend in the postwar era.
Describe the results and impact of the launching of "Sputnik."
Explain the role of the Supreme Court and the President in desegregating schools.
Describe the main actions of the civil rights movement in the 1950's.
Describe Kennedy's strategy for containing Communism.
Evaluate Kennedy's Cuban policy of 1961.
Describe the Russian and U.S. actions in the Cuban missile crisis.
Describe Kennedy's civil rights program.
Name the Kennedy programs Johnson pushed through Congress.
List the legislative accomplishments of Johnson's Great Society.
Explain the motivation and results of the Gulf of Tonkin resolution.
Explain why Johnson pushed the U.S. into large-scale involvement in South Vietnam.
Explain the fundamental change in the civil rights movement in the mid- 1960's.
Describe the events and results of the Tet Offensive in 1968.
Explain the campaign and the results of the presidential election of 1968.
Discuss the domestic policies of Richard Nixon.
Discuss the foreign policies of Richard Nixon regarding detente.
Detail Nixon's plan to end the Vietnam War.
Describe the key events in the Watergate Scandal leading to Nixon’s resignation.
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