United States History 1302-Spring 2009

Edvard Munch

The Scream

Text:

Devine, Robert A.  America Past and Present Brief 7th Edition.  New York: Pearson Education Inc, 2007.

ISBN: 0-205-53972-6

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Description:

History 1302 is a survey course in American History from 1877 to modern day.  We will study economic, military, political and social history. 

Requirements:

You are responsible for reading the chapter(s) for the week.  You will also be assigned primary source documents along with discussion questions.  We will discuss these documents in class.  Tests will be over lectures, book reading assignments and primary document reading assignments.  Tests will consist of multiple choice and essay questions.

You will be required to write a formal research paper of approximately 5-7 pages double- spaced and typed.  Margins should be no larger than 1” and a 10-12 point Arial or Times New Roman Font should be used.  Your paper will be based on a debatable issue in American History.  You will need to use a variety of primary and secondary sources to prove your position based on historical evidence.  Your paper must include a properly formatted bibliography and citations.  You may use MLA or Chicago/Turabian style citation.

Evaluation:

2 exams combining objective and subjective questions-17% each

Quizes-16%

Research Paper-25%

Comprehensive final exam-25%

Course Schedule:

Examinations:

Exam 1: February 13, 2009

Exam 2: March 13, 2009

Final Exam: May 5, 2009

Paper Due: April 24, 2009

Disabilities/ADA

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History 1302 Topics

Please remember this is a formal paper and you must use proper grammar and punctuation in your final draft.  Also, the point of this paper is not so much an opinion on the subject, but an argument based on evidence (a.k.a. research) of the subject. 

• Was John D. Rockefeller a “Robber Baron”?
• Did William M. Tweed Corrupt Post-Civil War New York? 
• Did the Industrial Revolution Disrupt the American Family?

• Did Nineteenth-Century Women of the West fail to overcome the hardships of living on the Great Plains?

• Did Booker T. Washington’s philosophy and actions betray the interests of African Americans?
• Did the Progressives fail?
• Was Prohibition a failure?
• Did the New Deal Prolong the Great Depression?
• Was it Necessary to Drop the Atomic Bomb to end World War II?
• Was Communism a Threat to America after World War II?
• Did the Brown decision fail to desegregate and improve the status of African Americans?
• Was the Americanization of the War in Vietnam inevitable?
• Did President Reagan win the Cold War?

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