History 106 is an introductory course to the American experience since 1865.  Our efforts this semester will focus on the many challenges--social, economic, and political--facing the American people during this period of enormous change.

 Required Texts

A People and a Nation: A History of the United States, Vol. II(6th ed.) by Mary Beth Norton et.al.
Three Negro Classics ("Up From Slavery," by Booker T. Washington; "The Souls of Black Folk," by W. E. B. DuBois)
Hiroshima by John Hersey

Grades

Grades will be based on the following breakdown:

The three exams will be essay and short answer, based on both the text (Norton) and lectures.   I will supply a study guide prior to each exam.  While I do not make specific weekly assignments in Norton, I am assuming you will have read chapters 17-20 by Feb. 13, chapters 21-24 by March 27, and chapters 28, 29, 31 and 32 by May 1.   A short paper due on March 6 will focus on issues raised in Washington and DuBois (Three Negro Classics).

Reading Schedule and Lecture Topics

    Jan 9 Introduction to class; Reconstruction

       16 Agriculture/Industrialization                                                                             

       23 Industrialization/Immigration                                                                

       30 Labor/Politics

  Feb 6 1890s watershed and America Overseas

       13 First Exam (Norton, chs. 17-20 and lecture notes)

       20 Progressivism

       27 Progressivism; TR and the World

  Mar 6 Paper due; the world of Washington and DuBois; 1920s

       13  Spring Break

       20 1920s, Hoover and FDR    

       27 Second Exam (Norton, Chs. 21-24 and lecture notes)

  Apr 3 Depression and New Deal

       10  Hiroshima due  World War II and early postwar years

       17 Nuclear world, Cold War    

       24 Cold War, domestic crises

 May 1 Final Exam (Norton, Chs. 28, 29, 31, 32 and lecture notes)