HISTORY 12: U.S HISTORY FROM 1865 TO THE PRESENT y CSU Fresno y Fall Semester 2003 y Professor Jill Fields
Course Outline **
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Week One: August 25-27Introduction to the Class
The United States in the mid-19th Century
Film: Washington Square (115 minutes)
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Week Two: September 1-3Labor Day
The Meaning of Freedom -- Reconstruction and African Americans, 1865-1877
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Reading: Roark, chapter 16g
Week Three: September 8-10The "New South" and the Origins of Jim Crow
Westward Expansion and the Second Great Removal of Native Americans
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Recommended Reading: Roark, chapter 17 (pp. 413-429)÷
Required Reading: Black Elk Speaksg
Week Four: September 15-17÷
Discussion 9/15: Black Elk SpeaksCalifornia Indians
The Changing Nature of Work and Leisure: Social Mobility, Immigration & Urbanization
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Required Reading: Black Elk Speaks÷
Recommended Reading: Roark, chapter 17 (pp. 429-441), chapter 18g
Week Five: September 22-24The Other Civil War: 19th-Century Labor Movements & Working-Class Culture
Populism, Social Darwinism and the Cultures of U.S. Imperialism
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Recommended Reading: Roark, chapters 19-20g
Week Six: September 29-October 1Progressive Reform: Regulation of Industry and the Poor
The Campaigns for Suffrage and Women’s Rights
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Discussion 9/29: The Lost Sisterhood÷
Required Reading: The Lost Sisterhood, pp. 1-68÷
Recommended Reading: Roark, chapter 21Film: Women of Hull House
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Week Seven: October 6-8Redefining Gender Norms and Sexuality
The Rise of Consumer Culture
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Discussion 10/6: The Lost Sisterhood÷
Required Reading: The Lost Sisterhood, pp. 69-178g
Week Eight: October 13-15World War I & the 1920s
The Silent Film Era: Modern Times (89 minutes)
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Recommended Reading: Roark, chapter 22, chapter 23 (pp. 575-594)
Mid-term due October 15
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Week Nine: October 20-22The Depression, the New Deal and the Labor Movement
Depression Culture: Federal Arts Programs and 1930s Movies
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Recommended Reading: Roark, chapter 23 (pp. 594-604), chapter 24g
Week Ten: October 27-29World War II and the Home Front
America and the Holocaust
Internment Camps
Film: A Family Gathering
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Recommended Reading: Roark, chapter 25g
Week Eleven: November 3-5The Atomic Bomb and the Cold War
Suburbia, Television and the Beat Generation
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Recommended Reading: Roark, chapter 26, chapter 27 (pp. 697-716)g
Week Twelve: November 10-12Civil Rights
Civil Unrest
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Required Reading: Coming of Age in Mississippi, part 1÷
Recommended Reading: Roark, chapter 27 (pp. 716-721), chapter 28 (pp. 723-739, 743-746)Film: Eyes on the Prize
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Week Thirteen: November 17-19÷
Discussion 11/17: Coming of Age in MississippiSecond Wave: The Rebirth of Feminism
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Required Reading: Coming of Age in Mississippi, parts 2-4÷
Recommended Reading: Roark, chapter 28 (pp. 739-743)g
Week Fourteen: November 24-26Vietnam and the Anti-War Movement
Thanksgiving Recess
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Recommended Reading: Roark, chapter 29g
Week Fifteen: December 1-3The Nixon Presidency and Watergate
Identity Politics and Issue-Oriented Movements for Social Change
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Recommended Reading: Roark, chapter 30g
Week Sixteen: December 8-10U.S. Foreign Policies in Central America and the Middle East
The Global Economy
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Recommended Reading: Roark, chapter 31Final Exam: Wednesday, December 17, 5:45-7:45 p.m.
**Please note: Topics, assignments and due dates are subject to change at discretion of professor. Students with disabilities will be accommodated per University regulations. Final grades are subject to University policies regarding cheating and plagiarism.