Dual Enrollment U.

S History

Spring Semester Outline

Unit I: The Gilded Age

A. Westward Movement and the Development of Populism

B. Gilded Age Politics
C. Political Corruption and Scandal
D. Second Industrial Revolution
E. Rise of Corporate America
F. Unionization and Labor Strikes
G. Development of Urban America
H. Old v. New Immigration
I. American Cultural Developments and Life
J. Social/Education Movements
K. Booker T. Washington v. W.E.B DuBois
L. Early reaction to change

Unit II: American Imperialism

A. Resurgence of imperialism (Manifest Destiny)

B. Factors
C. Ties to Industrial Developments
D. Foreign Policy
E. Spanish American War
F. Annexation of Hawaii
G. Involvement in Asia
H. Panama Canal Construction
I. Roosevelt’s Foreign Policy – Theory and Actions
J. Approach of World War I

Unit III: Progressivism

A. Progressive theory and development

B. Grassroots to National timeline
C. Grassroots Progressivism
D. Attempts to end power of political machines
E. Progressive Social Reforms
F. Muckrakers
G. Women’s Rights
H. Roosevelt’s progressive philosophy
I. Progressivism on a National Scale
J. Panic of 1807 / Taft’s administration and the Republican Battle
K. Wilson’s New Freedom Party

Unit IV: World War I and the American Reaction/Involvement

A. Simplified Origins of the War

B. Overview of the War
 C. American reaction and neutrality
D. Development of American entrance
E. American homefront during the war
F. American involvement in the war
G. Wilson the 14 points and the Peace Process
H. Treaty Ratification Battle
I. Loyalty conflict
J. American Isolationism

Unit V: Roaring Twenties

A. Why the nickname

B. Republican policies and the “Return to Normalcy”
C. Economic Prosperity of the decade
D. 1920s Red Scare
E. Social Upheaval
F. Fundamentalism
G. Prohibition
H. “Lost Generation”
I. Society in the cities

Unit VI: The Market Crash

A. Analysis of the reality of the 1920s

B. Why the market crashed
C. Impact of the Market Crash
D. Exposure of American economic problems
E. Hoover’s inaction and philosophy

Unit VII: The Great Depression

A. Life and Society during the Depression

B. Economic and Social Upheaval
C. “Dust Bowl”
D. National Unemployment and a picture of life
E. Attempted mental escape
F. 1932 Presidential Election
G. First New Deal
H. Relief, Recovery, Reform
I. Comparison of New Deal to Socialism, Fascism, Communism
J. Challenges to Roosevelt’s New Deal
K. Second New Deal
L. 1936 Election and “Roosevelt Recession”
M. Reality of New Deal
N. Foreign Policy

Unit VIII: World War II

A. American Homefront
B. Analysis of the war on a yearly and front basis
 C. Manhattan Project
D. Analysis of the bomb’s usage

Unit IX: Development of Cold War and Policy

A. American Anti-Socialism and Post War Goals

B. Soviet Post War Goals and Philosophy
C. Development of Rotten Apple Theory”
D. Keenan’s Foreign Policy Philosophy
E. Development of the Truman Doctrine and Foreign Policy Actions
F. Marshall Plan
G. Berlin Air Lift
H. Development of NATO and American Military Policy
I. Creation of Israel and Communist China
J. Korean War

Unit X: Cold War America

A. 1948 Election
B. Truman’s Fair Deal
C. Post War Economy
D. Second Red Scare
E. “McCarthyism”
F. Eisenhower’s economic philosophy
G. Economic boom and the “American Dream”
H. Popular Culture in the 1950s
I. Eisenhower’s Foreign Policy
J. Nuclear Arms Race
K. Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, Iran
L. Space Race
M. 1960 Presidential Election
N. Kennedy’s Foreign Policy Actions
O. Vietnam War
P. American War Discontent
Q. Nixon’s Foreign Policy Goals and Actions
R. Watergate
S. Carter and the Cold War
T. Reagan’s Foreign Policy Goals and Actions
U. End of the Cold War

Unit XI: Civil Rights Movement

A. Jim Crow and Segregation

B. Pre WWII Civil Rights refresher
C. Emergence of Modern Civil Rights Movement
D. Creation of C.O.R.E
E. Civil Rights and Judicial Activism
F. Brown v. Board of Education and its impact
G. Southern Reaction to segregation
 H. Montgomery Bus Boycott and the rise of Martin Luther King Jr.
I. Education Integration
J. Civil Rights Legislation
K. SNCC and the Passive Resistance Movement
L. University Integration
M. 1961 Freedom Rides
N. Birmingham 1963
O. March on Washington
P. Kennedy Assassination
Q. Civil Rights Legislation
R. Mississippi Summer Freedom Project
S. Voting Rights Act

Unit XII: Changing Nature of Civil Rights Movement and Social Protest

A. Passive to Active Resistance

B. Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam
C. SNCC and the development of the “Black Power” Movement
D. Northern and Western Racial Tensions
E. King Assassination
F. Merger of Civil Rights, Vietnam Protests and Social Disorder
G. Johnson’s Great Society Program
H. 1968 Election and the “Silent Majority”
I. Rise of the New Left
J. Feminism and Social Movements
K. Neo-Conservative Movement

Unit XIII: Reaganomics and Post Cold War America

A. Neo-Conservativism under Reagan

B. Supply Side Economics
C. Impact of Russia’s Collapse
D. Bush’s Domestic Policy
E. Bush’s Foreign Policy
F. Latin American Politics
G. Middle Eastern Affairs
H. Iraqi War
I. Clinton Administration
J. Globalization
K. 9/11 and its Aftermath