E-Mail: jfujigak@mc.cc.md.us

The following required books are available at the bookstore (Campus Center, First Floor):

Mary Beth Norton, A People an a Nation: A History of the United States

Robert D. Marcus and David Burner, America First Hand: Readings From Reconstruction to the Present,

HIST 202 offers an introduction to the most relevant events and leaders, trends and issues associated with the historical development of the United States since the end of the Civil War. Some of the major themes/ developments to be examined are westward expansion, industrialization, the rise of big business, urbanization, immigration, war and diplomacy, depression, the New Deal and the social protest movements of the sixties. We will also give considerable attention to questions of race, gender, and ethnicity, since these factors have been decisive in defining the American Experience.

After successfully completing the assigned readings and attending classes, the student should develop the ability to:

1. assess and think critically about historical issues and trends, based on a basic factual knowledge of this historical period;
2. analyze and evaluate different historical interpretations
3. analyze historical data and draw meaningful conclusions from the data

Class meeting will centered on lectures, discussions, videos and presentations. All will address assigned texts and schedules topics. Scheduled topics provide chronological and thematic continuity and supply background material for students’ own independent research. All students are expected to contribute actively to class activities by (1) thoroughly reading and studying all material before arriving to class; (2) paying careful attention to what classmates and teachers have to say; (3) actively contributing to class discussions; and (4) completing assignments on current topics. Students are also required to take two quizzes (15% total), two exams and to submit a comparative book review. The two exams each worth 30 points, will be based on the material covered in the lectures. Study questions for both the mid-term and the final examination will be distributed in class prior to the exams. In addition, students are expected to write a critical review (7-10 pages, double- spaced) of at least two related readings (books). The books must be approved in advance by the instructor or your book review will not be graded. You will be given suggestions for topics if you do not have something special in mind. The literary review will be due by the beginning of the twelfth week (April 10) and will be worth (15%) of your grade. "Support material" from the Internet is not acceptable. You will be required to make a brief presentation of your findings to the class. The final 10% will be based on your attendance and participation.

A=90-100; B=80-89; C=70-79; D=60-69; F= 59 or less

ATTENDANCE POLICY: Class attendance is essential to building fundamental understanding, especially in light of the scope of the subject matter. Therefore, I expect you to attend class regularly and to realize that failure to do so will definitely affect your grade. You are allowed three unexcused absences in the whole semester. Excessive absence may result in your involuntary withdrawal from the course. In addition, you are expected to be in the classroom ready to work at the appointed hour. It is your responsibility to be on time, ready and attentive. Please do not come late to class: this interrupts work already in progress and is very rude to your classmates.

MAKE-UP POLICY: no make-up exams or make-up quizzes will be given unless the student receives an excused absence prior to the examination or provides me with a written medical excuse after the exam.

LATE WORK POLICY: You are required to turn in all assignments on the due date. Late work will be penalized 20% a day.

In addition, academic dishonesty (cheating on examinations, copying another’s work, trading, selling or purchasing exams, papers, etc.) will result in an "F" on the particular assignment or an "F" for the entire course. It is your responsibility to understand Montgomery College’s policies concerning academic honesty and classroom conduct. See Student Handbook, p. 64 or [http:/www.cc.md.us/]

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES: If you have a specific physical or learning disability and require accommodations, please let the instructor know early in the semester so that your needs may be appropriately met. You will need to provide documentation of your disability to the Disability Support Services Center (DDS), Counseling & Advising Bldg.

(N=Norton; M=Marcus)

Week 1 Jan. 23-25 Introduction to the Course

READ: N: Chapter 16

Week 2 Jan. 29- Feb.1 The Transformation of the American West

READ: N: Chapter 17

Week 3 Feb. 6-8 Industrial Growth in Late Nineteenth Century America

READ: N: Chapter 18; M: Part Three

Week 4 Feb. 13-15 Urbanization, Immigration and Economic Development

READ: N: Chapter 19

Feb. 13 QUIZ 1

Week 5 Feb.20-22 Progressive Era Reform

READ: N: Chapter 21

Week 6 Feb. 27-Mar. 1 The Spanish American War and American Expansion

READ: N: Chapter 22

Week 7 March 6-8 America and the World

READ: N: Chapter 23: M: Part Four

March 8 (TH) MID-TERM

Week 8 March 12-16 SPRING BREAK

Week 9 March 20-22 The Roaring Twenties

READ: N: Chapter 24

FILM

Week 10 March 27-29 The Great Crash and the New Deal

READ: N: Chapters 25; M: Part Four, pp. 195-203

FILM

Week 11 April 3-5 World War II and the Homefront

READ: N: Chapters 26, 27; M: Part Five, pp. 205- 244

April 3 QUIZ 2

READ:N: Chapter 28; M: Part Five, pp. 260-267

Week 13 April 17-19 The Cold War and American Globalism

READ: N: Chapter 29; M: Part 5, pp. 245-250

Week 13 April 17-19 The Struggle for Black Equality and Women’s Rights

READ: N: Chapter 30; M: Part 6, pp. 287-304

FILM

Week 14 April 24-26 The Cold War, Vietnam and the Third World

Read: N: Chapter 31;M: Part Six pp. 270-286

Week 15 May 1-3 Student Presentations

FINAL EXAM May 10 (TH) 8:00-10:00am

1. Monroe Doctrine and Manifest Destiny
2. Territorial Expansion and the Outbreak of Native American Wars in the West
3. The New South and the Birth of the Ku -Kus-Klan
4. Economic Factors Promoting Industrial Growth in the Late Nineteenth Century
5. Significance of the Construction of the Transcontinental Railroads
6. Origins of the Range Cattle Industry
7. The Steel and the Meat Packing Industries and the Great European Migrations
8. The Old and New Migration
9. The Abuses of Big Business and the Passage of the Sherman Antitrust Act
10. Consequences of the Spanish American War
11. The Fight for Women’s Rights at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
12. The Prohibition Movement
13. Anti-Monopoly Enforcement by Theodore Roosevelt
14. Americans and the Mexican Revolution
15. Outbreak of World War I and the Great Black Migrations to "The Land of

Hope"

16. Henry Ford and the Advent of Mass Production
17. The Domestic Reforms of the New Deal
18. The Marshall Plan and the Economic Rebirth of Japan
19. Cuban Missile Crisis
20. Interviews: gather life stories of ordinary Black Washingtonians
21. Conduct a debate on the issue of affirmative action
22. Write a feature article on African-Americans in sports, music, politics,

Academia, Business

23. The influence of Black music, drama and literature on American popular

culture

24. Create a timeline of one subject in African-American history
25. Cesar Chavez and the Farmers Labor Movement
26. Interviews: gather life stories of World War II veterans
27. Conduct a debate on the issue of affirmative action
28. Write a feature article on antiwar protest and the counterculture
29. Assess the background and accomplishments of the women’s rights movement
30. Analysis of the gay rights movement and its impact on American society
31. The influence of Black music, drama and literature on American popular

culture

32. Create a timeline of one subject in Latino migration to the U.S.
33. Japanese-American internment
34. The Vietnam War and the Vietnamese Diaspora
35. The Environmental Movement
36. History of Welfare
37. Immigration Policy
38. White Separatist Movement

Selected videos from the Eyes on the Price series

Daughters of the Dust

Mississippi: Is this America?

The Essence of Green Papaya

The Road to Brown

Malcom X

The Suit Zoot Riots

Shall We Dance?

I Love Lucy

Modern Times

The Grapes of Wrath

Zoot Suit