American Civilization Since the Civil War
1/22 INTRODUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, AND THE WEST
Reading:
Foner, Ch. 15
First Day of Class --Wednesday
See Blackboard for course introduction video
1/27
THE RISE OF INDUSTRIAL CAPITALISM
Reading: Foner, Ch. 16
Section Documents:
VOF: Chief Joseph, "Let Me Be a Free Man" (1879), p.45
VOF: Andrew Carnegie, The Gospel of Wealth (1889), p.32
VOF: William Graham Sumner on Social Darwinism (ca. 1880), p. 35
Reading: Foner, Ch. 17
Section Documents:
VOF: A Second Declaration of Independence (1879), p 40
VOF: Henry George, Poverty and Progress (1879), p. 42
VOF: The Populist Platform (1892), p. 53
2/10
AMERICA AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY
Reading: Foner, Ch.18 and Peiss, Ch. 1-4
Section Documents:
VOF:J osiah Strong, Our Country (1885), p. 70
VOF: Emiliano Aguinaldo on American Imperialism in the Philippines (1899), p. 72
2/17
THE PROGRESSIVE ERA and WWI
Reading:
Foner, Ch. 19
Section Documents:
VOF: Woodrow Wilson and teh New Freedom (1912), p. 98
VOF: Randolph Bourne, “Trans-National America” (1916), p. 106
2/24
THE RED SCARE and the ROARING 20s
Reading: Foner, Ch. 20
Section Documents:
VOF: Congress Debates Immigration (1921), p. 145
VOF: Meyer v. Nebraska and the Meaning of Liberty (1923), p. 149
VOF: Alain Locke, The New Negro (1925), p. 153
Reading: Foner, Ch. 21
MIDTERM--WEDNESDAY
Section: Discussion of Research Paper Assignment
3/9
THE SECOND WAR TO END ALL WARS
Reading: Foner, Ch. 22
Section Documents:
VOF: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Greater Security for the Average Man (1934), p. 169
VOF: Herbert Hoover on the New Deal and Liberty (1936), p. 171
Blackboard: Comic Book Nation, Ch. 1
Blackboard: WW2 Videos
3/16
THE COLD WAR AT HOME AND ABROAD
Reading: Foner, Ch. 23
Section Documents:
Blackboard: Red Nightmare
VOF: The Truman Doctrine (1947), p. 211
VOF: Walter Lippmann, A Critique of Containment (1947), p. 218
VOF: Margaret Chase Smith, Declaration of Conscience (1950), p. 235
3/23
THE 50S AND 2ND RECONSTRUCTION
Reading: Foner, Ch. 24
Section Documents:
Blackboard: Comic Book Nation, Ch. 5
Blackboard: Making Sense of the 60s: Civil Rights
VOF: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955), p. 259
3/30 SPRING BREAK
4/6 VIETNAM AND 60s LIBERALISM
Reading: Foner, Ch. 25
Section Documents:
Blackboard: Comic Book Nation, Ch. 7
Blackboard: Sarantakes, "Cold War Pop Culture and the Image of U.S. Foreign Policy"
VOF: Barry Goldwater on “Extremism in the Defense of Liberty” (1964), p. 272
4/13
PROTESTS AND RIGHTS: THE 1960s
Section Documents:
VOF: Malcolm X: The Ballot or the Bullet (1964), p. 268
VOF: The Port Huron Statement (1962), p. 278
Blackboard: Hippie Documentary clip
4/20 LIBERATION AND THE 60s
RESEARCH PAPER DUE ONLINE--THURSDAY
Section Documents:
Blackboard: "Genies and Witches"
VOF: The National Organization for Women (1966), p. 287
VOF: Cesar Chavez, “Letter from Delano” (1969), p. 291
Blackboard: All in the Family "Archie's Helping Hand"
4/27
THE NEW RIGHT AND REAGAN'S AMERICA
Reading: Foner, Ch. 26
Section Documents:
VOF: Jerry Falwell, Listen, America! (1980), p. 310
VOF: Watt, "Environmentalists: A Threat to the Ecology of the West:" (1978), p. 318
VOF: Reagan, Inaugural Address (1981), p. 320
5/4 THE END OF THE COLD WAR TO THE WAR ON TERROR
Reading: Foner, Ch. 27-28
Section Documents:
VOF: Robert Byrd on the War in Iraq (2003), p. 336
VOF: Barack Obama, Eulogy at Emmanuel AME Church (2015), p. 353
Last day of class is Wednesday, May 6th
FINAL EXAM: MONDAY, MAY 11th, 8AM-10AM