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152-2: HIST United States History Since 1877 Fall 2008: M/W/F 11:30-12:20, UNIV 117 Instructor: Laura E. C. Bergstrom Office: REC 421 Phone: 49-44110 Email: lebergst@purdue.edu Office Hours: M/W 10:00-11:00 a.m. Course Description: This course begins by emphasizing the problems after Reconstruction, the new industrialism, the last frontier, and agrarian discontent. Attention is focused next upon overseas expansion and the Progressive Era. Later topics include the approach to and participation in World War I, the problems of prosperity during the "normalcy" of the 1920's, the depression and the New Deal, the role of the United States in World War II, the Cold War at home and abroad, the politics and culture of reform in the postwar era, the Vietnam war, the conservative ascendancy of the 1970s and 1980s, and a view of America in the 1990s. The course covers the social, economic, and political developments within the United States as well as its diplomatic history in the period of its emergence as a leading world power. Required Texts: Jones, Wood, Borstelmann, May, Ruiz, Created Equal: A Social and Political History of the United States, Brief Edition, Vol. 2 (from 1865), Second Edition, Prentice Hall, 2008. Belmonte, Speaking of America, Vol. II: Since 1865, Thomson Wadsworth/Cengage, 2007. Assessment and Grades: Exams (3): 100 points each Response Papers (2): 50 points each Total Points Possible: 400 A AB+ B BC+ 372-400 360-371 348-359 332-347 320-331 308-319 C CD+ D F 292-307 280-291 268-279 240-267 239 Classroom Etiquette and Ethics: Students are expected to attend each class having read the assignment. Exams also include lecture material, so it is extremely important that students attend. Do your own work, so don t cheat and don t plagiarize. We all come from different backgrounds and have differing opinions. Please respect your classmates and the classroom as a learning environment. In addition, please turn off all pagers, cell phones, and/or anything else that beeps, buzzes, plays music, etc. *The Instructor reserves the right to make changes to this syllabus at any time. Students will be notified of any changes. Class Schedule: Week 1: Introduction to American History and Reconstruction (8/25 8/29) Readings: Created Equal: Ch. 15 Speaking of America: 12.1, 12.3, 12.7, 12.8, 12.11 Week 2: The New South and Industrial Development (9/1 9/5) Mon. 9/1: Labor No Day class Readings: Created Equal: Ch. 16 Speaking of America: 13.2, 13.4, 13.6 Week 3: The Workers World (9/8 9/12) Readings: Created Equal: Ch. 17 Speaking of America: 13.3, 13.4, 13.7, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5, 15.4 Week 4: Western Expansion and Native Americans (9/15 9/19) Readings: Speaking of America: 13.8, 13.9, 13.10, 13.11 Week 5: Populism, Labor, and Urban Politics (9/22 9/26) Readings: Created Equal: Ch. 18 Speaking of America: 14.6, 14.7, 14.8, 15.1, 15.3, 15.6, 15.7, 15.8 Week 6: The Progressives (9/29 10/3) Readings: Created Equal: Ch. 19 Speaking of America: 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.5, 16.6, 16.7 Fri. 10/3: In Class Review for Exam 1 Mon. 10/6: Exam 1 Week 7: World War I (10/8 10/10) Readings: Created Equal: Ch. 20 Speaking of America: 17.1 17.7 Week 8: The Roaring Twenties (10/13 10/17) Mon. 10/13: Purdue Fall Break Have Fun! Readings: Created Equal: Ch. 21 Speaking of America: 18.1 18.8 Week 9: The Great Depression and the New Deal (10/20 10/24) Readings: Created Equal: Ch. 22 Speaking of America: 19.1 19.9 Week 10: World War II (10/27 10/31) Readings: Created Equal: Ch. 23 20.1 20.8 Fri. 10/31: In Class Review for Exam 2 Mon. 11/3: Exam 2 Week 11: The Early Cold War (11/5 11/7) Readings: Created Equal: Ch. 24 Speaking of America: 21.3 21.7 Week 12: Life in the 50s (11/10 11/14) Readings: Created Equal: Ch. 25 Speaking of America: 22.1 22.8 Week 13: The 1960s (11/17 11/21) Readings: Created Equal: Ch. 26 Speaking of America: 23.2, 23.3, 23.6 23.11 Week 14: The 1960s continued (11/24) Wed. 11/26 & Fri. 11/28: Thanksgiving Break Week 15: Sex, Drugs, Rock N Roll, and Nixon (12/1 12/5) Readings: Created Equal: Ch. 27 Speaking of America: 23.4, 23.5, 23.12, 24.1, 24.2, 24.6 Week 16: The End of the Cold War (12/8 12/12) Readings: Created Equal: Ch. 28 Speaking of America: 24.4, 24.5, 24.9 24.12 Fri. 12/12 In Class Review for Exam 3 Exam 3 TBA

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