HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE
HISTORY 1302
COURSE SYLLABUS
TEXT: AYERS, ET AL, AMERICAN PASSAGES, VOLUME II.
INSTRUCT0R: DR. DAVID ALDSTADT
EMAIL: DAVID.ALDSTADT@HCCS.EDU
PLEASE NOTE: THE FOLLOWING SYLLABUS IS DESIGNED TO FOLLOW THE
CLASS LECTURES. TEXT AND READER ASSIGNMENTS DO NOT NECESSARILY
RELATE EXACTLY TO THE SYLLABUS. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
CONTENT OF THE LECTURES AND ALL ASSIGNED READING, AS WELL AS ANY
MATERIAL COVERED IN VIDEO PRESENTATIONS.
I. INTRODUCTION
READING ASSIGNMENT: COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND COURSE SYLLABUS.
LECTURE TOPICS:
A. COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND COURSE SYLLABUS
B. THE PURPOSE OF HISTORY
C. THE WORLD SCENE IN 1877
II. THE UNITED STATES IN THE GILDED
AGE
READING ASSIGNMENT:
TEXT: CHAPTERS 17 AND 18.
LECTURE TOPICS:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
IMPACT OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
URBANIZATION
THE NEW IMMIGRATION
THE NEW PROLETARIAT
FARMERS
MINORITIES
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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III.
LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY ATTITUDES
READING ASSIGNMENT:
NONE.
LECTURE TOPICS:
A. PREVAILING ATTITUDES OF THE GILDED AGE
1. FAITH IN PROGRESS
2. LAISSEZ FAIRE
3. SOCIAL DARWINISM
4. HORATIO ALGER SYNDROME
B. ISMS OF THE LATE 19TH CENTURY
1. NATIONALISM
2. IMPERIALISM
3. SOCIALISM
4. MATERIALISM
5. ANARCHISM
IV. POLITICS OF THE GILDED AGE
READING ASSIGNMENT:
TEXT: CHAPTER 18.
LECTURE TOPICS:
A.
B.
C.
D.
THE PRESIDENCY
CONGRESS--DOMINANCE OF THE SENATE
THE POLITICAL PARTIES
THE POPULIST MOVEMENT
V. FOREIGN AFFAIRS, 1860-1910
READING ASSIGNMENT:
TEXT: CHAPTER 19.
LECTURE TOPICS:
A.
B.
C.
D.
TRADITIONAL AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY
THE IMPETUS TO IMPERIALISM
THE FAR EAST (CHINA AND JAPAN)
LATIN AMERICA
THE FIRST TEST WILL BE HELD AFTER THE COMPLETION OF SECTION V
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VI. THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
READING ASSIGNMENT:
TEXT: CHAPTERS 20 AND 21.
LECTURE TOPICS:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
THE NATURE OF REFORM AND RADICAL MOVEMENTS
THE MUCKRAKERS AND PROGRESSIVE ISSUES
LOCAL PROGRESSIVISM
STATE PROGRESSIVISM
THEODORE ROOSEVELT AS PROGRESSIVE
WOODROW WILSON AS PROGRESSIVE
VII. WORLD WAR I
READING ASSIGNMENT:
TEXT: CHAPTER 22.
LECTURE TOPICS:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
EUROPEAN BACKGROUND
CAUSES
AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT
WOODROW WILSON AND THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES
THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
MARXIAN SOCIALISM
VIII. POSTWAR PROBLEMS AND THE 1920’S
READING ASSIGNMENT:
TEXT: CHAPTERS 23 AND 24.
LECTURE TOPICS:
A. THEMES OF THE 20’S
1. NORMALCY
2. ISOLATIONISM
3. MATERIALISM
4. RURAL V. URBAN VALUES
5. DISILLUSIONMENT
B. THE POLITICS OF BUSINESS
C. AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN THE 1920’S
D. THE GREAT DEPRESSION
1. CAUSES
2. GOVERNMENT ACTION
THE SECOND TEST WILL BE HELD AFTER THE COMPLETION OF SECTION VIII
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IX. THE NEW DEAL
READING ASSIGNMENT:
TEXT: CHAPTER 25.
LECTURE TOPICS:
A.
B.
C.
D.
ROOSEVELT AND THE NEW DEAL PHILOSOPHY
THE 100 DAYS
POLITICAL EXTREMISTS IN THE 30’S
NEW DEAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THE NEW DEAL LEGACY
X. WORLD WAR II
READING ASSIGNMENT:
TEXT: CHAPTER 26.
LECTURE TOPICS:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
FASCISM
CAUSES--EUROPEAN BACKGROUND
AMERICAN DIPLOMACY, 1920-41
AMERICAN ENTRY
WARTIME DIPLOMACY
1. TEHERAN
2. YALTA
3. POTSDAM
THE THIRD TEST WILL BE HELD AFTER THE COMPLETION OF SECTION IX
XI. THE COLD WAR AND CONTAINMENT
READING ASSIGNMENT:
TEXT: CHAPTER 27.
LECTURE TOPICS:
A. MAJOR POSTWAR ISSUES BETWEEN EAST AND WEST
B. CONTAINMENT IN EUROPE
1. THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE
2. THE MARSHALL PLAN
3. THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO)
C. AMERICAN POLICY IN THE FAR EAST
D. THE CHINESE REVOLUTION
E. THE KOREAN WAR
F. THE SECOND RED SCARE AND MCCARTHYISM
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XII. AMERICA AT MID-CENTURY
READING ASSIGNMENT:
TEXT: CHAPTERS 28 AND 29.
LECTURE TOPICS:
A. AMERICAN SOCIETY AT MID-CENTURY
B. THE EISENHOWER YEARS
1. INTERNAL COMFORT
2. EXTERNAL ANXIETY
C. THE NEW FRONTIER AND THE GREAT SOCIETY
1. THE ELECTION OF 1960
2. THE KENNEDY YEARS
3. LYNDON JOHNSON AND THE GREAT SOCIETY
XII. THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
READING ASSIGNMENT:
TEXT: CHAPTER 29.
LECTURE TOPICS:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
ORIGINS OF THE MOVEMENT
BROWN V. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF TOPEKA KANSAS
LITTLE ROCK
MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT
THE SIT-IN MOVEMENT
THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON
LBJ AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964
IX. THE VIETNAM QUAGMIRE
READING ASSIGNMENT:
TEXT: CHAPTER 29.
LECTURE TOPICS:
A.
B.
C.
D.
BACKGROUND
HO CHI MINH
AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT
RESULTS
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XV. WATERGATE AND BEYOND
READING ASSIGNMENT;
TEXT: CHAPTER 30 AND 31
LECTURE TOPICS:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
NIXON AS PRESIDENT
THE WATERGATE FIASCO
THE 1976 ELECTION
THE CARTER YEARS
THE REAGAN REVOLUTION
THE END OF THE COLD WAR
XVI. EPILOGUE