HHS 126: US History since 1865
Schedule, Reading List, & Assignments
The schedule and assignments are subject to change during the semester. If you rely on a printed version of this schedule, please check back here regularly to make sure you have the most current version.
Last revised: February 1, 2012
| Date | Topic | Reading Assignment | Assignment |
| Tues 1/17 | Introduction | ||
| Thurs 1/19 | Freedom, Civil War, and Reconstruction | - Foner, xiii-xxii & 95-113 | reading response 1 due |
| Tues 1/24 | Reconstruction as Innovation | - Inventing America, Preface and Chapter 17 |
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| Thurs 1/26 | The Gilded Age | - Edwards, Introduction and Chapter 1 | Essay 1 topics due |
| Tues 1/31 | Industrialization | - Edwards, Chapter 2 - Inventing America, Chapters 18 and 19 |
reading response 2 due on Edwards |
| Thurs 2/2 | - Edwards, Chapters 3 and 4 | ||
| Tues 2/7 | Identity in the Gilded Age | - Group reports on Edwards, Chapters 5-8 - Inventing America, Chapters 20 and 21 |
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| Thurs 2/9 | Digital Histories of the Gilded Age | Essay 1 due | |
| Tuesday 2/14 | Freedom in the Gilded Age | - Foner, 115-137 - Edwards, Chapter 9 |
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| Thurs 2/16 | - Edwards, Chapters 10, 11, and Epilogue | reading response 3 due | |
| Tues 2/21 | No Class - Monday Schedule | ||
| Thurs 2/23 | Progressivism | - Foner, 138-161 - Inventing America, 552-568, Chapter 22 |
reading response 4 due |
| Tues 2/28 | World War I & 1920s | - Inventing America, Chapters 23 and 24 - Foner, 162-194 |
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| Thurs 3/1 | Enter the Professionals | - Galambos, Preface and Chapters 1-2 | reading response 5 due |
| Tues 3/6 | New Capabilities | - Galambos, Chapters 3-6 | |
| Thurs 3/8 | Midterm Exam | ||
| Tues 3/13 & Thurs 3/15 | No Class - Spring Break | ||
| Tues 3/20 | Depression and New Deal | - Foner, 195-218 - Inventing America, Chapter 25 - Galambos, Chapter 7 |
reading response 6 due: compare 2 of the 3 readings |
| Thurs 3/22 | - Inventing America, Chapters 26 and 27 | ||
| Tues 3/27 | World War II | - Galambos, Chapter 8 - Foner, 219-248 |
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| Thurs 3/29 | Cold War | - Foner, 249-273 - Inventing America, Chapters 28 and 29 |
reading response 7 due |
| Tues 4/3 | Vietnam War | - Selections from Hunt, A Vietnam War Reader | |
| Thurs 4/5 | Essay 2 due | ||
| Tues 4/10 | Sixties Freedom | - Foner, 275-305 - Inventing America, Chapter 30 |
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| Thurs 4/12 | American Culture & American Power | - Galambos, Chapters 9-11 | |
| Tues 4/17 | The Tattered Empire of the 1970s | - Galambos, Chapters 12-13 | reading response 8 due |
| Thurs 4/19 | Conservatism and the 1980s | - Foner, 307-332 - Inventing America, Chapters 31 and 32 |
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| Tues 4/24 | The American Solution & American Hegemony | - Galambos, Chapters 14-16 - Inventing America, Chapter 33 |
reading response 9 due |
| Thurs 4/26 | The American Dream? | - Galambos, Chapters 17-18 | |
| Tues 5/1 | America in the 21st Century | - Inventing America, Chapters 34 and 35 | Essay 3 due |
| May 3-16 | Final Exam TBA |