HIST& 147 - US History II

Credits: 5
Variable Credit Course: No

Lecture Hours: 55
Lab Hours: 0
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: This is a survey course of U.S. history from 1914-Present that emphasizes cultural, social, and political developments. The course gives special attention to slavery and abolitionism, Native American-White relations, territorial expansion, industrialization, immigration, labor, and urbanization, and challenges and contributions of diverse populations.

Prerequisite: ENGL 099 with a C or higher (or placement into ENGL& 101).
Distribution Requirements:

Social Sciences Distribution Requirement

General Education Requirements:

Fulfills Engage General Education Requirement

Meets FQE Requirement: No
Elective Requirements: Fulfills Academic Electives
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes

Identify conflicts, problems, and values that dominated the United States in the 19th century.
Recognize the degree to which those same conflicts, problems and values affect Americans today, for example slavery, racism, and territorial expansion.
Evaluate the growing sectionalism of the early Republic leading up to the Civil War.
Evaluate the successes and failures of Reconstruction.
Examine how slavery, territorial expansion, industrialization, immigration, and urbanization were significant agents of change in American society.
Examine the challenges, roles, and contributions of diverse populations in American history, including Native Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos and various religious minorities.
Analyze and critically evaluate primary and secondary sources.
SOCIAL SCIENCES: Apply concepts from the social sciences to analyze individual or social phenomena, processes, events, conflicts, or issues.

Course Contents
Topics to be covered during the quarter include:

U.S. expansionism
The expansion of American democracy
Manifest Destiny
Native American resistance to American Westward expansion.
Growth of urbanization, capitalism, industry, and transportation
Immigration and nativism
Slavery and abolition
The Civil War and Reconstruction
Labor vs. capital
The Gilded Age
Social Reforms

Instructional Units: 5