History 122: Schedule of Assignments Spring 2008


SCHEDULE OF ASSIGNMENTS, HISTORY 122: Summer 2008
Updated July 27, 2008
Week	Topics below are required reading.	Documents below are required reading. Writing Projects
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Introduction: Distance learning requires you to be a self starter. The materials on your right —> are designed to help you succeed. My goal is for everyone to complete the course with a good grade. Before Starting Course: Read Syllabus, Course Policy, Welcome Letter Read Blackboard Instructions & Course Description and Objectives See How to Succeed, Test Taking, Study Hints, Writing Tips, Grading policy & How to Avoid Plagiarism. Visit the ELI Orientation Page.
May 19 1	Part 1: America 1865-1900 RECONSTRUCTION: “America's Unfinished Revolution” Introduction Legacy of the Civil War Lincoln's View Radical Reconstruction Impeachment of Andrew Johnson Election of 1868 The End of Reconstruction & the Compromise of 1877 Aftermath Take Practice Quiz 1 this week.	Documents: With Malice Toward None Johnson's Amnesty Proclamation Civil War Amendments Frederick Douglass on Reconstruction Louisiana and Mississippi Black Codes Judge Albion Tourgee on the KKK Texas v. White Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Compromise W.E.B. Du Bois on Booker Washington Plessy v. Ferguson—Harlan’s Dissent Post Introduction in Blackboard.
May 26 2	The Gilded Age The American West Western Railroad Building Industrialization The War Between Capital and Labor Immigration and Urbanization Gilded Age Politics The Populist Movement Take Quiz 1 this week. All readings through this week are included. Last day to drop with tuition refund: May 31	Documents: Turner's Frontier Thesis Indian Stories—Chief Joseph, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Red Cloud, et. al. Helen Hunt Jackson Constitution of the Knights of Labor Jacob Riis: How the Other Half Lives Henry George: The Problem Interstate Commerce Act of 1877 Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 The Populist Platform of 1892 Bryan: “Cross of Gold” Speech 1896 Lincoln Steffens: Shame of the Cities
Jun2 3	Part 2: America Looks Outward Progressivism under Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson Introduction Progressivism Roosevelt’s Reforms Election of 1912 Wilson's Progressivism The Socialist Alternative First Essay Due this Week	Documents: Upton Sinclair: The Jungle Theodore Roosevelt on Progressivism T. Roosevelt on Labor T. Roosevelt on Conservation Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom The Socialist Party Platform of 1912 T. Roosevelt's Acceptance Speech 1912 Discussion Forum 1
Jun 9 4	The Age of Imperialism Introduction Ambivalent Empire Mahan and Sea Power United States and Asia Imperial Europe Inactive Students dropped June 13	Documents: Cleveland on Hawaii McKinley on Cuba The Teller Amendment The Anti-Imperialist League John Hay's Open Door Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine Walter Hines Page on Spanish-American War
Jun16 5	Woodrow Wilson and World War I: “The Yanks are Coming” WWI Background America and World War I The Versailles Treaty & the League of Nations Take Midterm Exam this week Exam Passes are in Exams in Blackboard	Documents: Wilson and Neutrality Wilson Peace without Victory Wilson's 14 Points The Zimmermann Telegram Wilson Takes America to War Senator Norris on World War I Review all Material to Date
Jun 23 6	Part 3: America 1920-1945 Part 3 Introduction Roaring Twenties Introduction Summary of the 1920s The Crash of 1929 The Great Depression Rise of Franklin Roosevelt Second Essay Due this Week	Documents: Caroline Bird on Poverty The Depression in Chicago The Depression and Men’s Self-Esteem FDR Commonwealth Club Address FDR's First Inaugural Address FDR Fireside Chat on the New Deal, 1934
Jun 30 7	The New Deal 1933-1938 FDR's Second Term Roosevelt & the Supreme Court The New Deal Winds Down	Documents: The National Industrial Recovery Act FDR's Second Inaugural Address Inside the New Deal Huey Long: “Share Our Wealth” The Social Security Act Harry Hopkins on the New Deal
Jul 7 8	AMERICA AND WORLD WAR II World War II Background The Rise of Nazi Germany World War II: The "Good War" World War II: Pacific World War II: Europe Third Essay Due this Week Last Date to withdraw without grade penalty: July 9	Documents: The Kellogg-Briand Pact Roosevelt: “I Hate War” Roosevelt's Quarantine Speech FDR on Outbreak of War, 1939 The Arsenal of Democracy The Atlantic Charter Pearl Harbor, "A Day of Infamy"
Jul 14 9	World War II: The “Good War” The Air War Over Germany The Home Front Summary: Diplomacy & Chronology Legacy of World War II Resources Take Quiz #2 this week.	Documents: FDR Third Inaugural FDR Fourth Inaugural Hiroshima Discussion Forums 2-4 Review all material since Midterm
Jul 21 10	Part 4: Postwar America: The Cold War The Legacy of World War II Introduction: Cold War Cold War: The Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy Years Korea: The Forgotten War McCarthyism JFK and the Cold War: The Bay of Pigs and the Missile Crisis	Documents Truman's Containment Policy The Marshall Plan MacArthur's Farewell McCarthy Speech Eisenhower on McCarthy The Eisenhower Doctrine Eisenhower: The Spirit of Geneva John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address JFK on Berlin: “Ich bin ein Berliner”
Jul 28 11	Domestic Issues in Postwar America The 1940s and 1950s: Truman and Eisenhower Automobile Age Civil Rights Introduction The Modern Civil Rights Movement The 1960s: Kennedy & Johnson Women's Rights Research Essay/Site Visit Due this week	Documents: Harry Truman's Executive Order Brown v. Topeka Board of Education The 1957 Civil Rights Act The 1964 Civil Rights Act King: Letter from a Birmingham Jail Baker v. Carr LBJ On the Voting Rights Act of 1965 Johnson's Great Society The National Organization for Women
Aug 4 12	Vietnam The Vietnam War Home America In Vietnam Vietnam Chronology The Village Take Final Exam this week. Must be completed by Aug 11. Exam pass in Blackboard/Exams.	Documents: Eisenhower: The Domino Theory The Tonkin Resolution President Johnson on Vietnam Robert McNamara on Vietnam General Vo Nguyen Giap President Nixon on Vietnam Chronology of the Vietnam War Other Vietnam & Cold War Documents (for additional study—optional reading)
Aug 11	Course Ends August 11 Updated July 27, 2008