History Paper Due on 14 FEB

Topic

The American West: Capital and Labor in the Age of

Enterprise

(1877--- 1900)

Learning Objectives

1. Acquire an understanding of the American West and the era of capital, labor and enterprise, focusing on

the impact to American economics and society.

Readings

Read the syllabus and review the folders in the Course Materials section

Links to all of the readings for this course can be found in the weekly lessons

Assignment

Discussion #1

Week 2:

Topic

The Industrial City: Building it, and Living in it

Politics in the Age of Enterprise (1877-1896)

The Progressive Era (1910-14)

Learning Objectives

1. Recognize the changes occurring within new urban cities and the politics that resulted from the massive

and quick industrialization and the connection to the Progressive Reform Movement.

Readings

Links to all of the readings for this course can be found in the weekly lessons

Assignment

Discussion #2

Week 3:

Topic

An Emerging World Power (1877--- 1914)

War and the American State (1914---1920)

Learning Objectives

1. Explain the roots of expansionism, the making of the American Empire, and America’s entrance onto the

world stage.

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Readings

Links to all of the readings for this course can be found in the weekly lessons

Assignment

Discussion #3: Debate

Discussion #2 Follow---Up

Written Assignment

Week 4:

Topic

Modern Times (1920--- 1932)

Redefining Liberalism: The New Deal (1933--- 1939)

The World At War (1939--- 1945)

Learning Objectives

1. Analyze America in the modern era, with special attention to the business--- government partnerships,

American culture and identity, and the economic crash of the Great Depression.

Readings

Links to all of the readings for this course can be found in the weekly lessons

Assignment

Discussion #4

Post Written Assignment #1 in Discussion reserved for that.

Week 5:

Topic

Cold War America (1945--- 1960)

The Age of Affluence (1945---1960)

Learning Objectives

1. Evaluate the events that surrounded the Cold War in America, including President Truman and

Eisenhower’s policies, along with America’s economic growth and its effect on society and culture.

Readings

Links to all of the readings for this course can be found in the weekly lessons

Assignment

Discussion #5

Discussion #4 Follow-up

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Week 6:

Topic

The Liberal Consensus: Flaming Out (1960-68)

Toward a Conservative America: the 1970s

The Reagan Revolution and the End of the Cold War (1980--- 2001)

Learning Objectives

1. Analyze the shift toward conservatism in the United States during the Nixon years, the second battle for

civil rights, and the Reagan Revolution and the Clinton Presidency.

Readings

Links to all of the readings for this course can be found in the weekly lessons

Assignment

Discussion #6 Debate

Discussion #5 Follow---Up

Written Assignment #2

Week 7:

Topic

A Dynamic Economy, but a Divided People (1980--- 2000)

Stumbling Into the Twenty---First Century

Learning Objectives

1. Examine and analyze America’s role in the global economy, the advent and usage of new technology, the

issue of culture in twenty---first century America and the reasons for and the aftermath of the war on terror,

including political, economic, and social ramifications.

Readings

Links to all of the readings for this course can be found in the weekly lessons

Assignment

Discussion #7