HOUSTON COMMUNITR COLLEGE History 1302 TTH 9:00-11:00 Reconstruction to Present Central Campus BSCC Rm. 205 Instructor: Baines Alton R. Email: Alton.Baines@Hccs.edu Phone# (713) 718-6063 (832)890-3542 Required Text: American Passage Vol. 2 Ayers Edward L. et. al. Suggested Readers: Only Yesterday & Three Lives for Mississippi. Course Description: This course is a brief survey of the social, political, and cultural history of the United States with special emphasis on institution and events which transformed America from a war torn country to the most powerful country in the world. Description of Course activities: The class will consist of class lectures, book reviews (oral and written) presentation, test, and a historical paper. Students are required to participate in all activities or your grade will reflect it. Course Objectives; Upon Completion of this course you will be able to 1. Explain the reconstruction era hopes and failures 2. Describe the Foundation of American Industrialization and the development of America big business 3. Describe the conflict between Native American and Manifest Destiny 4. Explain the roles that African American, Native American, Women, Hispanics and other minorities contributed to the story of American History. 5. Understand the United States and it’s interventions in World Wars 6. The great depression and the new Deal 7. The Kennedy-Johnson years, The Civil Rights era and in our times History 1302 will cover the following materials: 1. The reconstruction Era 2. The rise of industrialization 3. The development of the west 4. The United States and World War 5. The Roaring Twenties 6. The Great Depression and the New Deal 7. The Regan, Bush and Clinton Presidencies Course Requirements: There will be four sectional test and a final exam, a historical research paper and two extra credit papers. If all assignment are completed the lowest grade will be dropped from average. Grading scale 90-100=A 80-89 =B 75-79 =C 70-74 =D 00-69 =F Please note that the Instructor Reserve the right to make any necessary corrections. CRN# 51501 Any student with a documented disability, (i.e. physical, learning psychiatric, visual, hearing, etc.) who needs to arrange reasonable accommodation must contact the disability service office at the respective college at the beginning of each semester. Faculty is authorized to provide only the accommodation requested by the disability service office. The counselors for the Central and Stafford campus will assist you. EGLS,.. Evaluation for Greater Learning student Survey System At Houston Community College, professors believe that thoughtful student feedback is necessary to improve teaching and learning. During a designated time, you will be able to answer a short online survey of researched based questions related to the instruction. The anonymous result of the survey will be made available to your professors and division chairs for continual improvement of instructions. Look for the survey as part of the Houston Community College Student System online near the end of the term. Course Introduction Tue 9-25-11 Unit 1: Chapter 16 Reconstruction. The Turning Point That Never Turned War time Reconstruction Presidential Reconstruction, Radical Reconstruction and The Grant Administration. Retreat from Reconstruction and the New South. Thur 9-27 Chapter 17: The Rise of Industrial America & The Politics of The New Order. Old and New Industries The Railroad, Andrew Carnegie and steel, john Rockefeller and oil From competition to consolidation, Capitalism and Social Darwinism and European Immigration Tue 10-4 Chapter :18 Trans Missouri West: The Last Frontier The struggle of native American, migration to the West, The mining frontier and The Cattle kingdom. Thur 10-6 Test #1 Unit 2: Chapter 18 The Imperial Republic Tue 11-11 America Quest For and Empire, The Mahan Thesis and The Spanish American War. Thur 10-13 Chapter 20-21 The Progressive Era Progressive Idea and Goals, Women Suffrage and the Wilson Administration Tue 10-18 Chap 22 The Great War World War I The outbreak of the war, the declaration of war, and the home front Thur 10-20 Chapter 23 The Roaring Twenties Division in American Lives and life in the twenties Tue 10-25 Review for Test 2 Thur 10-27 Test 2 Book Review Due Tue 11-1 Unit 3:Chapter 24-25 The Great Depression and the New Deal Thur 11-3 Herbert Hover and the Depression FDR and the New Deal Chapter 26 The Good War World War II Tue 11-8 From neutrality to War Atomic booms and the end of the war Chapter 27-28 The Cold War: The Truman Eisenhower years The Truman Presidency and the beginning of the Civil rights movement Thur 11-10 Test 3 Test 3 -11-10 Class outing Tue 11-15 Library orientation Unit 4: Chap 29 From Hope to Despair The Kennedy Johnson Years The Kennedy Administration and a decade of assassinations Johnson and his Great society ,Vietnam and civil rights Thurs 11-17 Chapter 30: The Nixon, Ford, Carter years Book Review 2 due Nixon Man on the Moon and Watergate Ford and the fall of South Vietnam Carter and Camp David Tue 11-29 Chapter 31-32 The rise of Conservatism: Reagan to Clinton Thur 12-1 Test 4 Work on Research Paper Tue12-6 Conclusion Finish Book President Obama and A divided America Thur 12-8 Turn in all unfinished work Tue 12-13 Work on final Exam Date For Final