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. 14, chapters 21-24 by March 28, and chapters 28, 29, 31 and 32 by May 2.   A short paper due on March 7 will focus on issues raised in Washington and DuBois (Three Negro Classics).

Reading Schedule and Lecture Topics

 Jan 10 Introduction to class; Reconstruction

       17 Agriculture/Industrialization                                                                             

       24 Industrialization/Immigration                                                                

       31 Labor/Politics

  Feb 7 1890s watershed and America Overseas

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

       21 Progressivism

       28 Progressivism; TR and the World

  Mar 7 Paper due; the world of Washington and DuBois; 1920s

       14  Spring Break

       21 1920s, Hoover and FDR    

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

  Apr 4 Depression and New Deal

       11  Hiroshima due  World War II and early postwar years

       18 Nuclear world, Cold War    

       25 Cold War, domestic crises

 May 2 Final Exam (Norton, Chs. 28, 29, 31, 32 and lecture notes)