SYLLABUS FOR US HISTORY 1302, RECONSTRUCTION TO THE PRESENT
PROFESSOR ROSEN
Tuesdays and Thursdays (TT), 7:00 – 8:30 PM, Class #48376
Houston Community College (HCC), West Loop Center, 003
Email: professorkrosen@aol.com (Use this email address and not anything else.)
Spring 2015
Office: F08.
Office Hours: By appointment.
5 Required Book(let)s:
Roark, James L., et al. The American Promise A History of the United States. 5th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2012. Print.
Arnesen, Eric. Black Protest and the Great Migration. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2003. Print. ISBN 0-312-39129-3
Youngs, J. William T. Eleanor Roosevelt A Personal and Public Life. Ed. Mark C. Carnes. 3rd ed. New York: Longman, 2006.
Print. ISBN 978-0-3-2134232-4
Hacker, Diana, and Nancy Sommers. The Bedford Handbook. 9th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2014. Print.
ISBN – Paperback 978-1-4576-0802-5, Hardcover 978-1-4576-0801-8
Study Guides and Lecture Notes for American History 1302/232 with Professor Rosen. Print.
The HCC bookstore should have the Arnesen, Roark, Youngs, and Hacker books. If the bookstore does not have them, DO NOT
HESITATE. BUY THEM ELSEWHERE NOW! LOOK ONLINE at Amazon.com or any comparable bookseller such as Half Price
Books.
You cannot use a downloaded version of any of the above books.
Recommended Website:
Click on the following and then click on its links for water forms, landforms, and states for a variety of maps on geography.
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/usstates/usland.htm
Course Description:
United States History After 1877. The American nation from the end of the Reconstruction Era to the present. Core Curriculum
course. Go online to the HCC website, www.hccs.edu, to see the HCC Catalog, click on Programs & Catalogs, and search. See page
312 of the HCC 2014 – 2015 Course Catalog.
Course Objectives:
1. Function better as citizens and residents.
2. Improve general communicative skills.
Course Competencies:
1. Make educated judgments about the significance of facts.
2. Relate facts, ideas, and movements of history to the present.
3. Trace major social, economic, and political trends of history.
4. Demonstrate mastery of chronological facts and ideas.
5. Understand abstract ideas more effectively.
Core Objectives
1. Critical Thinking Skills – to include creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, and analysis, evaluation, and synthesis of
information.
2. Communication Skills – to include effective development, interpretation and expression of ideas through written, oral, and
visual communication.
3. Social Responsibility – to include intercultural competence, knowledge of civic responsibility, and the ability to engage
effectively in regional, national, and global communities.
4. Personal Responsibility – to include the ability to connect choices, actions, and consequences to ethical decision-making
guidelines.
Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) – Students will:
1. Evaluate historical developments in an essay.
2. Read primary source documents.
3. Analyze historical evidence by writing an analytical essay.
4. Explain the importance of chronology and how earlier ideas and events shaped later events.
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Student Learning Outcomes – Students will be able to:
1. Explain the features of the Gilded Age and the issues on society, culture, and politics.
2. Summarize industrialism and urbanization.
3. Analyze the New South and Jim Crow.
4. Explain Populism and Progressivism.
5. Identify the causes and effects of WWI and the US.
6. Discuss America between the wars.
7. Identify the causes of WW2 and the Cold War.
8. Discuss post-war America at home.
9. Discuss post-modern America.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA):
Students with special needs or disabilities, which may affect their ability to succeed in college classes or participate in college
programs/activities, should contact Dr. Becky Hauri, the Disabilities Support Services (DSS) counselor located at the college. If so
certified, faculty will take appropriate steps to accommodate the disability. Go online to the HCC website, www.hccs.edu, click on
Current Students, click on Disability Services, click on How to Receive Accommodations, and search. See page 50 of the HCC 2014
– 2015 Course Catalog.
Attendance:
Habitual tardiness, early departures, and talkativeness are disruptive and unacceptable. Any student who misses the first two days of
class (first day for one-day-a-week classes) will be dropped automatically by the system with no chance of reinstatement regardless of
the reason. HCC policy states that students may be administratively withdrawn if they miss more than 6 hours of class. Students who
have not passed with a score of at least a 60 on either of the first two examinations and who have excessive absences, more than
12.5% of the hours of instruction: more than six hours, will be administratively withdrawn. Go online to the HCC website,
www.hccs.edu, click on Current Students, look at Student Support, click on Student Handbook, click on Academic Info, and read page
2. See page 43 of the HCC 2014 – 2015 Course Catalog.
Regular attendance is essential to success in this class. Students who have excessive absences are usually those most likely to earn a
substandard or failing grade. If you miss a class, you are responsible for all the information and assignments covered in that class.
Students who must complete 12 hours per semester to maintain their status – international students, veterans, financial aid recipients,
et cetera – should make special note of the attendance policy. You should be aware that under most circumstances a withdrawal that
brings you below the 12-hour minimum can result in a potentially damaging change in status. See page 21 of the HCC 2014 – 2015
Course Catalog.
Students with any combination of more than one absence, tardy, and or early departure in the classes immediately preceding a test will
not be eligible to receive a curve on the test.
Behavior:
All electronic devices need to be turned off, including laptop computers and cellular telephones, off the desk and lap, and out of sight.
Any student who is text-messaging, using a cellular telephone, or is disruptive will be told to leave immediately.
Course Load:
Generally, a student in academic courses needs two hours of preparation outside of class for each hour of classroom instruction.
Consequently, a student who is employed while attending college should consider the total demands on time from work, classes, and
activities when deciding on a course load. Students who overload themselves may have scholastic difficulties. See page 41 of the
HCC 2014 – 2015 Course Catalog. If a student works 40 hours per week or has family and or other obligations, a student will be
challenged to succeed in one 3-hour class.
Cheating:
Automatic 0 on the assignment, examination, et cetera. Appropriate student conduct is expected. “‘Scholastic dishonesty’ includes,
but is not limited to, cheating on a test, plagiarism, and collusion. ‘Plagiarism’ means the appropriation of another’s work and the
unacknowledged incorporation of that work in one’s own written work offered for credit. ‘Collusion’ means the unauthorized
collaboration with another person in preparing written work offered for credit. Possible punishments for academic dishonesty may
include a grade of ‘0’ or ‘F’ on the particular assignment, failure in the course, and/or recommendation for probation or dismissal from
the College System.”
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Student Handbook:
Go online to http://www.hccs.edu/district/students/student-handbook/, click on the down arrow key for the 2013 – 2014 Student
Handbook, and go to page 3 for Course Load and Class Attendance, page 10 for Bookstore and when to buy your books, page 15 to
Student Rights and Responsibilities including hate messaging, and page 18 to read about the Student Code of Conduct, Scholastic
Dishonesty, Misuse of Electronic Devices in the Classroom, and Threatening Behavior.
Prerequisites:
Must be placed into college-level reading and college-level writing. See page 312 of the HCC 2014 – 2015 Course Catalog.
Learning Web:
For additional copies of the syllabus
https://learning.hccs.edu/faculty/keith.rosen.
and
the
“Common
Writing
Problems,”
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Learning
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Evaluation/Grading Procedures:
3 tests of 50 objective questions with one 100-word essay question from one of the questions on page 206 of Black Protest and the
Great Migration. The 50 objective questions are worth 2 points each and the essay is worth 10 points for a total of 110 points. Thus,
each test has a built in 10-point curve. The final examination has 50 objective questions without an essay. It is worth 100 points.
Students will have 50 minutes to complete each test and the final examination from the beginning of its administration. Students will
have 1 point deducted for each minute they turn in a test or the final examination late. Students will have 1 point deducted for each
and every mark if they write on the test or final examination rather than the Scantron sheet up to 10 points.
Students will write one 1,000 to 1,100-word research paper in MLA format on a topic that you select from a list that the professor will
provide. Your topic will be unique from all other students.
Students will write one 2,000 to 2,200-word term paper in MLA format summarizing Eleanor Roosevelt A Personal and Public Life.
No other source is to be used.
Each grade carries the same weight.
The four highest grades, and the final examination will each count 1/5 (20%) of your grade. Your lowest grade from your first three
tests, the research paper, or the term paper will be dropped. You must take the final examination if you expect to pass with a C or
higher.
Be prepared to answer the following questions from page 206 in Black Protest and the Great Migration for:
Test #1: 1 – 5.
Test #2: 6 – 10.
Test #3: 11 – 16.
Bring an undamaged flat Form No. 886-E Scantron sheet and two sharpened number 2 pencils with erasers for each exam. You will
write the essay on page 1 and if necessary on successive pages of the Scantron sheet.
Policy on Make-up Tests:
There are no make-up tests after a test is given. Your lowest grade can be dropped. Notify me in advance if you plan on missing an
exam day to take it before the rest of the students.
Communications:
Students may schedule individual conferences to review any tests. Students should include their name and the course number, such as
Maria Johnson 1302, in the Subject box in all email correspondence if they desire a response. Attachments will not be opened.
No Incompletes are given.
Inclement Weather:
Check the HCC website or call the front desk if you are curious if class is canceled. These are the best sources for such information.
The professor has to check them, also.
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Research Paper:
This is a 1,000 to 1,100-word research paper in MLA format as written in The Bedford Handbook. See the “Common Writing
Problems” paper on the Learning Web. Use at least 3 sources from at least 2 categories such as the Internet, book, journal, newspaper,
et cetera. Professional scandals should be inclusive. For any events that have occurred since 1950, one of your sources must be from
a newspaper.
By the 5th day of class in a fall or spring semester, select a topic from a list that the professor provides. This is due in the professor’s
hands on campus no later than the 12th day of class in a fall or spring semester. Include the who, what, when, where, why, how, cause
and effects, and actions and reactions in your paper and bring photocopies of the material that you used.
1 student per topic; no two students will write on the same topic. Your choice of topic is official only after you have signed for it with
the professor.
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Professional scandals under Republican President Ulysses S. Grant, 1869 – 1877.
Professional scandals under Republican President Warren G. Harding, 1921 – 1923.
Professional scandals under Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963 – 1969.
Professional scandals under Republican President Richard M. Nixon, 1969 – 1974.
Professional scandals under Republican President Ronald Reagan, 1981 – 1989.
Professional scandals under Republican President George W. Bush that began in his 1st term, 2001 – 2005.
Professional scandals under Republican President George W. Bush that began in his 2nd term, 2005 – 2009.
Professional scandals under Democratic President Barack Obama, 2009 – present.
Fixed presidential election of 1876 and the Compromise of 1877.
Fixed presidential election of 2000.
Surgical experiments sponsored by states and or the US government.
Pathogens, disease, and biological warfare agents sponsored by states and or the US government.
Radioactive iodine experiments sponsored by states and or the US government.
Uranium experiments sponsored by sponsored by states and or the US government.
Thorium and radium experiments sponsored by states and or the US government.
Polonium experiments sponsored by states and or the US government.
Plutonium experiments sponsored by states and or the US government.
Experiments involving other radioactive materials sponsored by states and or the US government.
Fallout research sponsored by states and or the US government.
Irradiation experiments sponsored by states and or the US government.
Chemical experiments sponsored by states and or the US government.
Psychological and torture experiments sponsored by states and or the US government.
Academic research with twisted, fabricated, or silenced results sponsored by states and or the US government.
Pharmacological research with twisted, fabricated, or silenced results sponsored by corporations, states, and or the US
government.
Legal, academic, and professional policy with twisted, fabricated, or silenced results sponsored by corporations, states, and or
the US government.
Cancer research sponsored by cigarette companies.
Eugenics in the United States.
Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment.
Forced sterilization in the United States.
Guatemala Syphilis Experiment.
Project MKUltra.
Stateville Penitentiary Malaria Study.
Operation Big Itch.
Operation Big Buzz.
Operation Crossroads.
Operation Dew.
Operation Drop Kick.
Operation LAC.
Operation May Day.
Henry Cotton.
Texas state funding of primary and secondary education since 1950 through the present.
Texas state funding of higher education since 1950 through the present.
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Texas violations of the 15th Amendment and the lack of enforcement of the 14 th Amendment.
Business Plot and the aftermath, 1933.
Dean Corll and the aftermath, 1970.
Jose Campos Torres and the aftermath, 1977.
Texas and the right of an attorney to defend the accused – Calvin Burdine and the aftermath, 1983.
Gil Epstein and the aftermath, 1996.
James Byrd, Jr., 1998.
Tulia drug arrests and the aftermath, 1999.
Joe Horn and the aftermath, 2007.
Robbie Tolan and the aftermath, 2008.
Leo Frank and the aftermath, 1915.
Rosewood and the aftermath, 1923.
Scottsboro Boys and the aftermath, 1931.
Rodney King and the aftermath, 1991.
Matthew Shepard, 1998.
Assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the aftermath, 1963.
9/11 attacks.
Southern Strategy of the Republican Party.
CIA involvement in coups.
Past and present funding of social security and the expenditures of its funds.
Deregulation of the bank industry: the laws and the aftermath.
Deregulation of the communications/media industry: the laws and the aftermath.
Deregulation of the airline industry: the laws and the aftermath.
Deregulation of the gas and oil industry: the laws and the aftermath.
Deregulation of the presidential campaigns: the laws (funding, advertising, equal time, et cetera) and the aftermath.
Mergers of the 1980s to the present and the aftermath.
Nuclear accidents in the US.
Jewish and Asian quotas.
Americanization of Indians/Native Americans/First Americans.
Japanese internment camps, 1942 – 1945.
US, state, and local gun laws, murder rates, and compared with European countries.
History of the minimum wage, consumer price index (CPI), and COLA through the present and their effects.
Unemployment rate since 1929 and the Misery Index since 1948 and correlated to presidential administrations.
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Grading and Evaluation of the Research Paper:
The research paper should be laden with facts and statistics. Its intent is not to be a persuasive or opinion paper, but an informative
paper. No reference should be devoid of facts and statistics.
Submit your stapled research paper and the supporting documents in an enclosed 9 x 11.5 inch folder with pockets to hold your
research paper on one side and your documentation papers in the other pocket. Write your name where it is clearly visible on the
outside of the folder.
A perfect research paper and the oral report are worth 105 points. Please see the matrix below as a check for your progress.
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Problem
Minus ___ Points
1.
No Heading
5
2.
Improper Heading
3
3.
An Introduction of Between 151 – 200 Words
5
4.
An Introduction of 201 Or More Words
10
5.
No Works Cited Page
10
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Improper Works Cited Page
5
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No Pagination
4
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Improper Pagination
2
9.
Improper Margins
2
10. Not Double-Spaced
3
11. No Use of the Bedford MLA Citations
5
12. Partial Use of Bedford MLA Citations
3
13. Adding Additional Spacing Between Paragraphs
5
14. No Paragraphs Beyond the Initial Introduction
5
15. No Introduction
3
16. No Summary/Conclusion
2
17. Only 2 Appropriate References
5
18. Only 1 Appropriate Reference
10
19. No Appropriate References
100
20. Missing Photocopies of the Whole Reference Articles
10 each
21. No Folder
1
22. Not Bound Appropriately – Documentation Should Be Separate
1
23. No 2 Minute Oral Report Filled with Statistics and Facts
5
24. Each Grammatical and Factual Mistake and Omission
0.5
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Term Paper:
Students must schedule an appointment to meet in the library, classroom, or hall before the first test. Confirm the site. Students must
attend on time an appointment between the first and third test during the professor’s office hours to review the typed draft. As a
matter of common courtesy and respect, if you choose to not attend the previously scheduled conference, please provide written notice
via email by 12:00 PM on the day of your conference. You are writing a summary of Eleanor Roosevelt A Personal and Public Life.
No other source is to be used.
FAILURE TO:
1. ATTEND THE CONFERENCE AND ON TIME,
2. BRING THE COMPLETED 2,000 – 2,200 WORD, TYPED FINAL DRAFT IN MLA FORMAT AS A HARD COPY,
3. BRING THE BOOK,
4. BRING THE “COMMON WRITING PROBLEMS” THAT YOU DOWNLOADED FROM KEITH ROSEN’S PAGE
AT THE LEARNING WEB, AND
5. BRING THE BEDFORD HANDBOOK
WILL AUTOMATICALLY RESULT IN NO CREDIT FOR THE TERM PAPER.
The previously reviewed draft and the term paper in MLA format are due in the professor’s hands on campus by the first class after
the third test. .5 point will be deducted for each grammatical/syntactical mistake or other error.
LATE FINAL DRAFTS AND TERM PAPERS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE; EXCUSES ARE NO SUBSTITUTE FOR
RESULTS.
Extra Credit:
1. Short historical trivia questions. The first student to give the correct answer(s) will be the only one who receives credit with
one point per answer added on his/her next test or the final examination. All answers should be given in class or sent by
email no later than by midnight of the day the question was asked to be considered.
2. Perform research using primary documents on microfilm and microfiche. You will make copies of these for use in history
classes by the professor. One point per usable copied article as determined by the professor. To be arranged.
3. Serve as an intern preparing, organizing, assisting, and/or leading historical and cultural tours of Houston. To be arranged.
The student will receive one point per hour of volunteer service on the tour on his/her next test or the final examination.
4. Type the questions and answers to the 53 Study and Discussion Questions on pages 181 – 189, citing the page numbers of the
answers in La Botz, Dan. Cesar Chavez and la Causa. New York: Pearson Longman, 2006. ISBN 0-321-18764-4. This is
due in the hands of the professor on the first day of class after Labor Day, Christmas, or Presidents’ Day, on the 4 th day of the
scheduled class of a summer term, or the first class day in October or March if the course is a second start, as is appropriate.
5. Type the questions and answers to the 69 Study and Discussion Questions on pages 257 – 262, citing the page numbers of the
answers in Tygiel, Jules. Ronald Reagan and the Triumph of American Conservatism 2nd ed. New York: Pearson Longman,
2006. ISBN 0-536-12543-0. This is due in the hands of the professor on the first day of class after the Thanksgiving, New
Year, or Spring Break holiday, or on the 8 th day of a summer class, as is appropriate.
6. Volunteer service as arranged with the professor. After the student sends an email to inquire about volunteer service, the
professor will send an email with attachments identifying a list of non-profit, non-sectarian organizations and a timesheet.
Students will not receive credit if you do not submit the Volunteer Service – Timesheet within one week of when they
volunteered. Arrange days and hours. 1 hour = 1 point on the next exam. All volunteer service must take place during the
period that the student is enrolled. No volunteer service may take place during the months of December or May when
students should be studying for their final examinations. All students must meet the attendance requirements of having no
more than 4 absences or missing no more than 12.5% of the semester hours of the class. Volunteer service is NOT a
substitute for missing class or being a responsible student.
7. Voting and or participating in a political campaign that is demonstrable and measurable. You will receive 5 points for voting
on the next exam. Bring the voting stub with the 4-digit number with your name written on it. See the rules for #6 above for
volunteering with a campaign.
The books identified in #4 and 5 can be found online by sources such as http://www.amazon.com/ and http://www.powells.com/.
LATE PAPERS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE; EXCUSES ARE NO SUBSTITUTE FOR RESULTS.
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Grading Scale:
A = 89.5 – 100
B = 79.5 – 89.4
Total points needed for the semester:
C = 69.5 – 79.4
A = 448 +
D = 59.5 – 69.4
F = 0 – 59.4
B = 398 – 447 C = 348 – 397 D = 298 – 347
F = 0 – 297
Withdrawal:
The last day to withdraw voluntarily with a “W” is Tuesday, March 24, at 4:30 PM. I strongly recommend that a student should
withdraw from the class if he/she does not have at least:
1. a 60 on one of the first two exams or the research paper and a total of at least 120 points on his/her two highest grades, or
2. a total of 195 points on the first two tests and the research paper if he or she is not going to write the term paper.
Most four-year institutions require a student to have at least a C average to transfer credits.
Students who repeat a course for a third or more time will face significant tuition/fee increases at HCC and all other Texas public
colleges and universities. Please ask your instructor about opportunities for tutoring and or other assistance prior to considering
course withdrawal or if you are not receiving passing grades.
Senate Bill 1231 limits students to a maximum of six withdrawals from classes in total from all public universities and colleges.
Day and Date
Tuesday, January 26
Thursday, January22
Tuesday, January 27
Thursday, January 29
Tuesday, February 3
Thursday, February 5
Tuesday, February 10
Thursday, February 12
Tuesday, February 17
Thursday, February 19
Topics
Textbook Chapters and Appendix
1. Introduction
Syllabus
2. Reconstruction, 1865 – 1877
16 & A 20 and 21
3. A. The New South
16
B. Continental Expansion
17
4. Indian Policy
17
5. Politics, 1865 – 1898 (Deadline for selecting a research topic.)
16 – 20
6. Immigration
17 and 19
7. Industrialization
18 and 19
8. Urbanization
18
9. Economy, 1865 – 1896 (Deadline for selecting a conference for the term paper.) 17 – 20
10. Examination #1
Tuesday, February 24
Thursday, February 26
Tuesday, March 3
Thursday, March 5
Tuesday, March 10
Thursday, March 12
Tuesday, March 24
Thursday, March 26
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Progressivism – Independent Reading
21 & A 21, 22, & 23
Progressivism
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Theodore Roosevelt, 1858 – 1919 (Movie) (Materials and Research Paper Due) 21 and 22
Politics
21 and 22
Economy
20 – 22
Imperialism
20 and 22
World War I, 1914 – 1918
22
Examination #2
Tuesday, March 31
Thursday, April 2
Tuesday, April 7
Thursday, April 9
Tuesday, April 14
Thursday, April 16
Tuesday, April 21
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Roaring Twenties
Depression, 1929 – 1941
New Deal, 1933 – 1941
Road to War, 1918 – 1941 (Lecture & propaganda cartoons)
World War II, 1939 – 1945 (Lecture & Holocaust documentary)
World War II, 1939 – 1945 (Lecture & documentary about the Asian Front)
Examination #3
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23 and A 23
24 and A 23 and 24
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Thursday, April 23
26. Foreign Policy (Documentary) (Reviewed Draft and Term Paper Due) 26, 27, 29, 30, and 31 & A 25
Tuesday, April 28
27. Domestic Policy
27, 28, 30, and 31 & A 24 and 26
Thursday, April 30
28. Affluency (Bring a calculator and paper.)
27, 28, 30, and 31
Tuesday, May 5
29. Civil Rights (Movies and discussion of historic events)
27, 28, 30, and 31 & A 24 and 25
Thursday, May 7
30. Civil Rights (Movies and discussion of historic events)
27, 28, 30, and 31
NO CLASS ON TUESDAY, MAY 12.
Thursday, May 14
31. Final Examination at 7:00 PM
Grades may be accessed via the Internet at www.hccs.edu starting on Friday, May 22nd.
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