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: January 4, 2011
| Date | Topic | Reading Assignment | Assignment |
| Tues 1/18 | Introduction | ||
| Thurs 1/20 | Freedom & Civil War | - Foner, xiii-xxii & 95-113 | |
| Tues 1/25 | Reconstruction | - Franklin, chapters 1-3 (reading questions) - Browse "America's Reconstruction" |
Paper 1 topics due |
| Thurs 1/27 | - Franklin, chapters 4-7 |
reading response 1 due | |
| Tues 2/1 | - Franklin, chapters 8-10 (reading questions) |
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| Thurs 2/3 | - Franklin, chapters 11-12 | Paper 1 due | |
| Tues 2/8 | Gilded Age | - Foner, 115-137 | reading response 2 due this week |
| Thurs 2/10 | Progressivism | - Foner, 138-161 | |
| Tuesday 2/15 | Globalization, Part I | - Eckes & Zeiler, 1-8 & 9-37 | reading response 3 due and Paper 2 topics due |
| Thurs 2/17 | American Corporate Capitalism | - Eckes & Zeiler, 38-81 - Foner, 162-194 - Links discussed in class |
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| Tues 2/22 | No Class - Monday Schedule | ||
| Thurs 2/24 | World War I & 1920s | Paper 2 due | |
| Tues 3/1 | Depression and New Deal | - Foner, 195-218 - Links discussed in class |
reading response 4 due this week |
| Thurs 3/3 | - Eckes & Zeiler, 81-103 - In-class discussion topics for Depression and New Deal on eLearn. |
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| Tues 3/8 | World War II | - Foner, 219-247 | |
| Thurs 3/10 | - Eckes & Zeiler, 104-130 | ||
| Tues 3/15 & Thurs 3/17 | No Class - Spring Break | ||
| Tues 3/22 | World War II, continued | - Learn something over break - World War II links - See article on Laptops in classrooms |
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| Thurs 3/24 | Cold War | - Eckes & Zeiler, 131-155 - Foner, 249-273 |
reading response 5 due |
| Tues 3/29 | Midterm Exam | - Concepts for Midterm exam | |
| Thurs 3/31 | Cold War | - Schrecker, iii-62 - Cold War links |
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| Tues 4/5 | McCarthyism | - Schrecker, 63-106 - See also http://scienceforcitizens.net/ |
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| Thurs 4/7 | - Schrecker, 106-133; 221-225; 262-270 | ||
| Tues 4/12 | Paper 3 due | ||
| Thurs 4/14 | 1960s | - Foner, 275-305 - Eckes & Zeiler, 156-183 |
reading response 6 due |
| Tues 4/19 | - Berkeley in the Sixties |
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| Thurs 4/21 | - Group Reports: The Long Sixties | ||
| Tues 4/26 | 1970s and 1980s | - Foner, 307-332 - Eckes & Zeiler, 184-206 |
reading response 7 due this week |
| Thurs 4/28 | Globalization after the Cold War | - Eckes & Zeiler, 238-259 | Paper 4 due |
| Tues 5/3 | Review and Synthesis | Concepts for Final Exam | |
| 5/5 - 5/18 | Final Exam TBA |