American History, 1877-Present
Dr. Patrick D. Reagan


          
History 2020-001 (#02880)					Dr. Reagan
9:05-10:00 MWF							Fall 2007
HH 205								HH 109          

Instructor Information

Office: Henderson Hall 109
Office Hours: 11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m. MWF and by appointment
Telephone: 372-3342 (office), 372-3332 (message), 528-3998 (home)
E-mail: preagan@tntech.edu
Professional Experience of Dr. Reagan

Course Requirements

Read section on Study Tips below first week and before papers and examinations.

This courses is expected to help student achieve several General Education Goals.

Disability Accommodations

Students with a disability requiring accommodations should contact the Office of Disability Services (ODS). An Accommodation Request (AR) should be completed as soon as possible, preferably by the end of the first week of classes. The ODS is located in the Roaden University Center, Room 112, telephone 372-6119.

Study Tips for History Classes

Required Books

Course Themes


Reading Assignments with
Lecture and Discussion Schedule


Readings should be completed before/during the week assigned.

Changes in Postwar America

Assignment: Text, pp. xxi-xxvi and pp. 611-649; Oates, Preface, pp. 1-26
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August 27--Course Syllabus and Responsibilities
August 29--Introduction: America in 1877
August 31--Film: "The American Industrial Revolution"

Assignment: Text, pp. 655-695 and Oates, pp. 26-49
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September 3--Labor Day holiday, No Class
September 5--Transformation of the Old West
September 7--Discussion based on Oates, pp. 26-49

Industrialization, 1870's-1900

Assignment: Text, pp. 696-729 and Oates, pp. 50-66
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September 10--Industrialization and the Rise of Big Business
September 12--Workers' Response to Industrialization
September 14--Discussion based on Oates, pp. 50-56

Assignment: Text, pp. 730-803 and Oates, pp. 66-87
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September 17--Farm Protest, 1870's-1890's
September 19--The Emergence of Urban America

Progressive Reform, 1901-1917

September 21--Progressive Reform, I

Assignment: Study for Examination and Text, pp. 804-847 and Oates, pp. 100-134
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September 24--Progressive Reform
September 26--Discussion based on Oates, pp. 112-134
September 28--Review for examination

America's Rise to World Power and
World War, 1898-1920

Assignment: Study for examiation> and after examination
Text, pp. 848-917 and Oates, pp. 87-99, 135-150
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October 1--Examination
October 3--America's Rise to World Power
October 5--The Great War, 1914-1918

From Prosperity to Depression, 1920-1941

Assignment: Text, pp. 898-940 and Oates, pp. 151-159
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October 8--Mobilizing the Home Front, 1917-1918
October 10--The Red Scare, 1917-1919
October 12--New Era Prosperity

Assignment: Text, pp. 938-968 and Oates, pp. 159-177
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October 15-16--Fall Break, No Classes
October 17--Cultural Tensions in the 1920's
October 19--The Underside of Prosperity

Assignment: Text, pp. 969-1009; Oates, pp. 178-201; and Study for Examination
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October 22--The Great Depression and the Early New Deal
October 24--The Later New Deal, 1934-1938
October 26--Review for examination

From the Good War to the Cold War, 1941-1950's

Assignment: Study for Examination and after examination, Text, pp. 1010-1033 and Oates, pp. 202-264
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October 29--Examination
October 31--Interwar American Diplomacy
November 2--World War II Abroad

Assignment: Text pp. 1033-1093 and Oates, pp. 256-278
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November 5--World War II: The Home Front
November 7--Origins of the Cold War
November 9--The Cold War at Home: McCarthyism

Abundance, Liberal Reform, and
Troubled Times, 1945-1974

Assignment: Text, pp. 1094-1157, 1179-1183 and Oates, pp. 279-290, 306-317
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November 12--The Fifties: Affluence and Anxiety
November 14--From Camelot to the Great Society
November 16--The Civil Rights Movement

Assignment: Text, pp. 1115-1117, 1144-1146, 1157-1176m, 1119-1121, 1206-1209 and Oates, pp. 290-305, 318-330
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November 19--America and the War in Vietnam
November 21--Women in Modern America
November 22-23--Thanksgiving holiday, no classes

Our Times: Whither Goest Thou, America?

Assignment: Text, pp. 1173-1176, 1184-1261 and Oates, pp. 331-353
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November 26--The Road to Watergate: Richard Nixon and Postwar America
November 28--Discussion based on Oates, pp. 394-404
November 30--The Conservative Experiment

Assignment: Text, pp. 1262-1309 and Oates, pp/ 354-395
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December 3--A Post-Cold War World?
December 5--The Impact of the Computer
December 7--Contemporary America: Politics, Diplomacy, Culture, and Society

Assignment: Study for Final Examination
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December 10--Monday, Final Examination, 8:00-10:00 a.m

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