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History 1B : United States History Since 1877 
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History 1B - United States History Since 1865 Dr. Brad Reynolds Introduction This web site (http://bradreynolds1.pageout.net), or handout if you are viewing this as a hard copy, is for you if you are taking a class called United States History Since 1865 (History 1B) with Dr. Brad Reynolds. (Please note that if you are viewing this prior to the first day of class, this syllabus is subject to change and it is not "official" until the class begins.) Below is a description of this course. When you go to "Instructor" you will learn a little about Dr. Reynolds and get information on how to contact him. If you go to "Syllabus" you will find out about course texts, goals, assignments, policies, grading, and readings, and you'll find information about your exams. If at anytime you want to check on your grade, or have a question about the course, please contact Dr. Reynolds, preferably by email at breynolds@elcamino.edu. (If that address does not work you can try breynolds1@ymail.com or drbradreynolds@gmail.com, but please don't send the same email to more than one address at the same time! Thanks.) If at anytime you would like to talk to any of the other students about the class material, or perhaps form a study group, or if you have questions for Dr. Reynolds that you would not mind sharing with the other students since they might have the same questions, then you can enter the Discussion Area and do a posting. But don't forget that if you have a question for Dr. Reynolds that you would rather not share with others, like something regarding your grade, then you can email Dr. Reynolds directly at breynolds@elcamino.edu. (Please note that when you go to the Discussion Area you will be asked for a login and password. So, before going there for the first time, you need to go to www.bradreynolds1.pageout.net, open your Course Web Page, and click on Student Registration which you will find on the top left margin of the page you are viewing. There you can set your own login and password. You will only need to do this one time.)
Course Description
This course aims to acquaint you with the broad historical trends and the continuing controversies in American history since the end of the Civil War in 1865. It should help you realize that there are many ways to look at and respond to events. In so doing, the hope is that you will better understand the present so you can better shape the future. In order for you to understand and appreciate the course information more, you should stay current with the news of the day by regularly reading a newspaper and by keeping current with the reading assignments. By the end of this course it is expected that you will know why the United States failed to reconstruct the Union as a truly democratic republic following the Civil War and what the struggle was for civil rights, why and how the West was settled during the four decades following the Civil War and what impact that had on the U.S. economy and on the people of the West (especially the Native Americans), you will learn why and how the U.S. expanded into various parts of the world in the latter half of the nineteenth century and fought a war with Spain, why and how the United States became an industrial giant at the turn of the twentieth century and the impact that had on the American people and government, why and how the U.S. became the world’s leading military power in the early twentieth century and has held on to that title, how the U.S. has dealt with rapid economic take-off and then economic depression during the twentieth century, why the United States fought two world wars in less than twenty-five years during the first half of the twentieth century, how a hatred for communism dominated American foreign policy for over four decades, how important social changes over the last fifty years have (and are) creating forces that will either make America still stronger in the new century or will tear it asunder, and how the war on terrorism has affected American policy both at home and abroad.
Course Objectives
1. Describe and assess the process by which the United States was economically transformed and modernized in the late 19th and early 20th century.
2. Analyze the role of industrialists and inventors during the era of the American Industrial Revolution.
3. Evaluate major American political, religious and cultural values for the 1877 to 1914 period.
4. Compare and contrast the changing demography of America in the 1877 to 1914 and 1945 to present periods.
5. Determine the processes of assimilation and acculturation expected of immigrants to the United States from 1900 to the present.
6. Discuss and evaluate the interaction of majority and minority groups during the 20th century.
7. Identify and analyze various American reform movements such as Populism, Progressivism, the New Deal, the Fair Deal, Civil Rights, and the Great Society in terms of causation, sequence of events, concepts, and development.
8. Conceptualize and discuss the meaning of conservativism, liberalism, and radicalism in American history from the post World War II era to the present.
9. Summarize and analyze the development of American foreign policy since 1945 including the rise of the United States as a world power and leader among a large community of nations.
10. Trace and evaluate United States diplomacy and armed conflict through isolationism, imperialism, and collective security policies of the 20th century.
11. Compare and contrast the core political and philosophical ideas and modes of expression in American culture in the 20th century.
Student Learning Outcome Statement
Upon completion of History 1B, students will have identified and explained major social, economic, political and cultural patterns in United States history since 1877 in written assignments.
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