History H106/Section C402/TR 4-5:15/CA 217/Fall 2002
Professor Ashendel
Office: CA 243C
Office Telephone: 274-7463
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 2-3:00 p.m. and by appointment
Email: aashendel@aol.com or aashende@iupui.edu
Required Readings:
Nation of Nations, volume 2, by Davidson
Twenty Years at Hull House by Addams
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Personal and Public Life by Youngs
Lyndon B. Johnson and American Liberalism by Schulman
Course Description and Objectives: Despite all opinions to the contrary, history survey courses such as this one are not designed to make undergraduates jump through hoops or torture them with requirements to learn useless information and meaningless dates, all irrelevant to the students' futures. Instead, a survey course is meant to give students a framework for understanding how both the present and future unfold within structures largely defined by the past. Even the fast-paced, technology-driven society we find ourselves in today has roots in historical precedents that are still shaping its development.
This course will focus on the usual themes of politics and economics, but will also show how ordinary people shaped these forces. History is not just a mountain of facts (although you must remember those), but is instead a sequence of interconnected events. Understanding those connections and explaining them through the use of facts is one way to sharpen your analytical skills, improve your ability to communicate with others, and, hopefully, to learn something to apply to your own life.
These objectives are stated in another way at the IUPUI web site under Principles of Undergraduate Learning: www.iupui.edu/~history/principlesundergradlearning.htm. We will also discuss these on the first day of class.
Attendance: Attendance will be taken at every class meeting. Points will not be deducted for absences, but consistent attendance will be used to determine borderline grades. Further, material covered in lecture is not necessarily covered in the required readings. Attendance at every class meeting will result in a better grade.
Classroom procedures: Please arrive on time. If you must arrive late, please enter quietly through the back of the room. Careful listening and note taking are important skills. Therefore, no tape recorders are allowed unless documentation is presented from the office of student services.
Cheating and plagiarism: Don't do it. You will earn a zero on the work in question. For further information consult the Campus Bulletin, 2000-2002: IUPUI, p. 36.
Assignments: Students will take three examinations. These exams will consist of 5 identifications and an essay question. A study guide will be distributed in class one week prior to each exam. The study guide will include 13 possible identifications and at least three possible essays. The actual examination will be taken from the study guide. There will also be a quiz on the first reading, Twenty Years at Hull House and the second reading, Eleanor Roosevelt. The study questions for the quizzes are part of this syllabus. Students will also complete a 3-5 page paper on Lyndon B. Johnson and American Liberalism.
Grading:
1 examination @ 75 points 75
1 quiz @ 25 points 25
2 examinations @ 100 points 200
1 quiz @ 50 points 50
1 paper @ 50 points 50
Total 400 points
Grades are based on a straight scale: 400-360 = A; 359-320 = B; 319-280 = C; 279-240 = D; 239 and lower = F. A zero has a greater negative impact on your final grade than at least some attempt to complete an assignment. Make-up examinations and quizzes are strongly discouraged. No make-up exam or quiz will be given without documentation proving an extreme emergency. Documentation includes doctors' forms, funeral notices, accident reports, and similar verifiable papers. The instructor reserves the right to refuse to grant a make-up exam or quiz if the documentation is not presented. If a make-up exam or quiz is given it must be completed within one week of the original exam or quiz. Papers must be turned in at class on the day they are due unless there is a verifiable emergency. Incompletes are strongly discouraged and rarely given. It is not fair to the rest of the class to request extra time to complete the work.
Schedule of Readings and Assignments: Please complete the readings before class.
August 22: Introduction to the Course
August 27: Reconstruction
Read: NON (Nation of Nations), Chapter 17; Chapter 18, pp. 568-73; 576-78
August 29: Big Business
Read: NON, Chapter 19 to p. 632; Chapter 20, pp. 660-61
September 3: Big Business
September 5: Labor
Read: NON, Chapter 19, pp. 632-38
September 10: Farmers
Read: NON, Chapter 18, pp. 594-96; Chapter 21, pp. 676-80
September 12: Progressives
Read: NON, Chapter 20, pp. 661-66; Chapter 21, pp. 676, 680-87; Chapter 22
Begin to read Twenty Years at Hull House
September 17: Progressives
September 19: QUIZ and Discuss Twenty Years at Hull House
September 24: Imperialism
Read: NON, Chapter 23 to p. 746
September 26: EXAM I
October 1: Over There: World War I
Read: NON, Chapter 23, pp. 746-70
October 3: The Roaring Twenties
Read: NON, Chapter 24
October 8: Prohibition and Votes for Women
Begin reading Eleanor Roosevelt
October 10: The Depression
Read: NON Chapter 25
October 15: The New Deal
October 17: QUIZ and discuss Eleanor Roosevelt
October 22: World War II
Read: NON, Chapter 26
October 24: World War II
October 29 EXAM II
October 31: The Cold War
Read: NON, Chapter 27
Begin reading Lyndon B. Johnson
November 5: The 1950s
Read: NON, Chapter 28
November 7: Civil Rights
Read: NON, Chapter 29
November 12: Vietnam
Read: NON, Chapter 30
November 14: Vietnam
November 19: Discuss LBJ
November 21: Revolting Youth
PAPER DUE ON LBJ
November 26: Nixon and Watergate
Read: NON, Chapter 31
November 28: NO CLASS--THANKSGIVING
December 3: That 70s Decade
December 5: The 80s
Read: NON, Chapter 32
Study Questions for Twenty Years at Hull House
Read to p. 218. Do not read Chapters 6, 9, and 12.
Introduction: What sorts of activities did Hull House sponsor? Why did they choose these? Who provided the funds? What and who influenced Jane Addams in her decision to open Hull House?
Chapters 1 and 2: Describe her relationship with her father and her feelings about Lincoln. How did she use Lincoln's reputation at Hull House?
Chapters 3 and 4: What seeds of later ideas and practices do you see in Addams's final years at Rockford Female Seminary? Did her visit to Europe influence her in the same direction? How?
Chapters 5 and 7: How did Addams acquire Hull House? What were some of the first things residents did there? What did they find in the neighborhood?
Chapter 8: What were some of the problems of the neighbors?
Chapter 10: What sorts of problems did child workers face? What examples does Addams offer for the benefits and problems of strikes? How was the factory census achieved?
Chapter 11: How did immigrant children and their parents interact? What problems did they face?
Chapter 13: How did the neighborhood improve garbage collection? How did they deal with plumbing, cocaine, and newsboy problems?
Chapter 14: How did Hull House influence, or not, local political and civic groups?
Chapters 15 and 16: Give three examples of the "cultural" activities and clubs sponsored by Hull House.
Chapter 17: What were the effects of anarchists at Hull House?
Chapter 18: What does she mean by "socialized education?" Give two examples.
Study Questions for Eleanor Roosevelt
Prologue: How did she approach her duties in the South Pacific and how did people respond. Give at least two specific examples.
Chapters 1 and 2: Describe Roosevelt's early life. What were her parents like? How did she fit in with her family?
Chapter 3: Describe Allenswood. Why was this experience important for Eleanor?
Chapters 4 and 5: Discuss Eleanor and Franklin's early relationship. Discuss her relationships with her mother-in-law and with her children.
Chapters 6 and 7: How did World War I change Eleanor? How did politics change the relationship she had with Franklin? Describe with examples their relationship.
Chapter 8: Give four examples of Eleanor's activities in these years. How did she use the position of First Lady as a "bully pulpit."
Chapter 9: Discuss Eleanor's views about events in Europe and World War II.
Chapter 10: Give two specific examples of her activities with the United Nations.
Paper on Lyndon Johnson
This book looks at liberalism through the life and political career of Lyndon Johnson. For this paper describe how Johnson carried his liberal ideals from the New Deal through the end of his presidency. To do this effectively, you will need to begin with his New Deal activities, discuss his role as Senate Majority Leader, and tie this to his policies as President. The paper must be 3-5 pages in length, type-written, double-spaced, one-inch margins around the page (no more, no less), in 10 or 12 point font.