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Professor VanderMeer |
Spring,
2015 |
ASSIGNED READING
David Goldfield, et al., The American
Journey, vol II, 7th edition.
Ernest Freeberg. The Age of Edison: Electric Light and the Invention of Modern America.
Walter L. Hixson. Charles A.
Lindbergh, Lone Eagle.
Jules Tygiel. Baseball's Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy.
Several online WEB READING assignments noted on this syllabus
REQUIREMENTS AND GRADING
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Requirement |
% of Grade |
Date |
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Exams |
40 |
March 4; and April 1 |
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Final exam |
20 |
Wednesday, May 6, 7:30-9:20 AM |
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Book Review |
10 |
March 16 |
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Book Quiz Web Reports |
10 10 |
February 9 April 8 |
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Participation |
10 |
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Exams: The exams will include a large essay, some objective questions, and some short answer questions. These exams will cover lectures, discussions, and reading, but lecture and discussion material will be most important. The first exam will cover material from the beginning of the semester, and the second will be over lectures and readings covered thereafter. The final exam will include a cumulative question as well as specifically addressing material covered after the second exam.
Writing Exams: Exams must be written in "bluebooks," 8-page books with a blue or green cover sold (cheaply) in the book store. You must bring in 2 blank bluebooks by the second week of the semester: you will be given these at exam time to write your exams.
Makeups: Realizing that there are some legitimate reasons why students may miss taking a test, I will listen to requests to makeup missed assignments, but I require doctor's excuses, funeral notices, or the equivalent. To minimize the hassle and encourage equity, all makeups must be taken at 1 p.m. on May 1.
Book Review: Each student will write a 4-5 page review of Walter L. Hixson, Charles A. Lindbergh, due March 16. Late reviews will not be accepted for credit, but I may consider allowing a substitute assignment. The review guidelines sheet explains how to read the book and write the review You must follow those instructions.
Reading and Quizzes: The due dates for reading assignments are listed below, but the list of lecture topics below links specific chapters and pages with particular topics. It is important to read a little ahead of the lectures, because lectures are designed to build on the reading. You will need to do additional planning to finish reading the extra books on time. You will take a short, objective quiz on The Age of Edison book (February 9).
Web reports The internet provides wonderful access to historical materials. The syllabus identifies some good sites as “Reference Web Sites.” You need to examine any three sites and write a one-page report on each one. Those reports may be handed in any time, but they are due no later than April 8. Follow the instructions in the Web Exercise.
Attendance and Participation: You are expected to attend class. It is difficult to do well in this class without consistently attending the lecture. Absences may affect your understanding of the material; they also limit your opportunities to participate in discussion and in asking questions. Attendance will be taken periodically during the semester, and absences will be factored into your participation grade - roughly 5% of the total grade.
Classroom Policies: You must come to class on time. Late arrival wastes class time and disrupts everyone's concentration. Even more, do not leave class early, unless you talk with me beforehand. Such behavior is quite disruptive and discourteous to other students and to me. If this becomes a problem, I will ask the violators to drop the class. Finally, you must turn off cell phones before class and do not web surf during class.
Academic Integrity: ASU policy is clear: “Academic honesty is expected of all students in all examinations, papers, laboratory work, academic transactions and records. The possible sanctions include, but are not limited to, appropriate grade penalties, course failure (indicated on the transcript as a grade of E), course failure due to academic dishonesty (indicated on the transcript as a grade of XE), loss of registration privileges, disqualification and dismissal. For more information, see http://provost.asu.edu/academicintegrity”
Reading
Assignment Due Dates
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Date |
Reading |
Date |
Reading |
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14-Jan |
Am.Journey 16 |
16-Mar |
Charles Lindbergh; Am. Journey 24 |
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21-Jan |
Am.Journey 17, 18 |
18-Mar |
Am.Journey 25 |
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28-Jan |
Am.Journey 19 |
25-Mar |
Am.Journey 26 |
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2-Feb |
Am.Journey 20 |
30-Mar |
Am.Journey 27 |
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11-Feb |
Age
of Edison |
6-Apr |
Baseball's
Great; Am.Journey 28 |
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23-Feb |
Am.Journey
21 |
13-Apr |
Am.Journey 29 |
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25-Feb |
Am.Journey 22 |
20-Apr |
Am.Journey 30 |
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2-Mar |
Am.Journey 23 |
27-Apr |
Am.Journey
31 |
TOPICS and READINGS
I. The Old Order Changes,
1865-1900
A. The Transformation of Traditional Society
1. The Old Order
2. Challenges: Modernizers and The New Infrastructure
B. The Mixed
Legacy of War and Reconstruction
READING:
AJ, ch. 16
C. Economic Revolution
READING: AJ, ch. 18
1. Industrialization
a. Business and American Growth
(review: AJ, pp 483-89; 511-20; 549-54
WEB READING:
b. Labor Transformed
(review: AJ, pp. 516-18, 520-22)
2. Agriculture: From Yeomen to Businessmen
review: AJ,
pp. 489-92; 554-65
CLASS MATERIAL:
Agricultural Tables - from class lecture
D. Colonial Regions
1. The South
READING:
AJ, ch. 17
REFERENCE WEB SITES
2. Settlement and Conquest of the
West
READING: AJ, ch.
19
E. Politics and the Crisis of the 1890s
REFERENCE WEB SITES Presidents: Harrison,
Cleveland, McKinley
READING:
AJ, ch. 20
Bryan's "Cross of Gold" Speech
Presidential Elections, 1864-1880
The Political Cartoons of Frank Beard
1. The Structure and Culture of American Politics
2. Political Upheaval of the 1890s
QUIZ on Age of Edison
REFERENCE WEB SITES Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870-1920 The Plan of Chicago Daniel Burnham Urban Poverty Riis: How the Other Half Lives Immigration – Documents, Ellis Island Immigration 1902
II. Social and Economic Revolution, 1870-1920
The City Beautiful
Addams: "The Subjective Necessity for Social Settlements"
W.E.B. DuBois
READING: Freeberg, The Age of Edison
review: AJ, pp: 492-94;
A. Modernization and the New Middle Class
B. Family and Women: The Demise of Victorian Culture
review: AJ ch. 18: 533-37
C. Urbanization:
Process and Places
review: AJ ch. 18: 531-39
WEB READING: Chicago – the Modern City
D. Immigration, Ethnicity, Race and Cultural
Resistance
review: AJ pp. 494-507;
543-49, 564; 509-11, 522-30
E. Economic Growth and Change
WEB READING: Industry and Labor
F. The Making of a National Culture
III. Politics in the Progressive Era, 1900-1920
READING: AJ,
chap. 21
A. National Politics -- Domestic Reform
CLASS MATERIAL: Wilson's Policies
B. State and Local Politics: The Ferment of Reform
CLASS MATERIAL: Government Actions
C. Foreign Policy 1880-1920
1. The
Emergence of Foreign Policy Issues
READING: AJ, chap. 22
2. WW I and the End of Progressivism
READING: AJ, chap. 23
CLASS MATERIAL: US Imperialism
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Review Sheet First Exam: March 4
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REFERENCE WEB SITES Louise Brooks – film star and flapper CULTURAL CONFLICT – EUGENICS The Eugenics Movement -summary The American Eugenics Movement
The Automobile in American Life and Society
IV. The Glorious Twenties
READING: AJ, chap.
24;
Hixson, Charles A. Lindbergh Study Guide
A. A Changing Culture
B. Economy: and Government
1. Promoting the Economy
CLASS MATERIAL: 1920s
Economy
2. Cultural Conflict and
Repression
V. The 1930s and the New Deal
READING: AJ, chap.
25
A. Economic
Depression and Political Crisis
B. Franklin Roosevelt and the Early New Deal
CLASS MATERIAL: 1st
New Deal
C. The Evolving New Deal
CLASS MATERIAL:
2nd
New Deal
D. America in the 1930s
REFERENCE WEB SITES
VI. The Rise of Foreign Policy
READING:AJ, chap. 26
A. The End of Isolation:
Design or Necessity
B. World War II and American Power
C. Foreign Policy in an Atomic Age:
The Cold War Begins
READING: AJ, chap. 27
Review
Sheet
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Second Exam: April 1
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VII. Post War America: Population and Society
VIII. From
Consensus to Political Reform, 1945-1968
READING:AJ, chap. 28
A. Truman and the Fair Deal
B. Civil
Rights in America
READING: Tygiel,
Baseball's Great Experiment
C. Placid 1950s
D. Idealism and Reform in the 1960s
IX. America in Crisis 1968 to 1980
READING:
AJ, chap. 29
A. The War in Vietnam
B.
The Counter Culture
C. The 1970s: Oil, Economics, Foreign Failure, Politics
D. The Nixonian Turmoil
X. The Conservative Revolution and Post-Modern America
A. The Reagan Era
READING: AJ, chap. 30
B. The New Right and Conservatism
C. Since
1992 – Politics, Economy, and Global Engagement
READING: AJ, chap. 31
1.
Searching for the Middle
2. The
Uses and Limits of Power
CONCLUSION
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Review Sheet FINAL Wednesday, May 6, 7:30-9:20 AM |
