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US History

This is a survey course that provides students with an investigation of important political, economic, and social developments in American history from the pre-colonial time period to the present day. Students will be engaged in activities that call upon their skills as historians (i.e. recognizing cause and effect relationships, various forms of research, expository and persuasive writing, reading of primary and secondary sources, comparing and contrasting important ideas and events).

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New Deal Era

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rising discontentment resulted as U.S. citizens came to detest Hoover, naming shantytowns ?Hoovervilles? and naming newspapers ?Hoover blankets? farmers began to rise up & protest in the election of 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) was elected the New Deal programs were to serve the three R?s: relief for the people, recovery for business & economy, & reform of U.S. economic institutions The bread line ?Migrant Mother? The New Deal 1933-1939 The New Deal represented a new form of liberalism, the ideology of individual rights that had long shaped the character of US. society & politics. Now, ?social welfare? liberalism expanded individual rights by protecting citizens w/various social welfare programs. FDR takes office in March of 1933 20th Amendment was ratified in 1933

Cold war america 1945-1960

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Cold war america 1945-1960 chapter 26 The Cold war, 1945-1946 WWII set the basic conditions for Cold War rivalry b/c the USSR had been a victim of German aggression in both world wars, Joseph Stalin was determined to prevent the rebuilding & re-arming of its traditional foe; he insisted on a security zone of friendly govts in E. Europe for protection At the Yalta Conference in 2/45, the Allies redrew the map & U.S. & GB agreed to recognize this Soviet ?sphere of influence,? with the proviso that ?free and unfettered elections? would be held as soon as possible. After Yalta, the Soviets made no move to hold the elections & rebuffed Western attempts to reorganize the Soviet-installed govts cold war in europe

Politics in the Age of Enterprise

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Politics in the Age of Enterprise Chapter 19 The Politics of the Status Quo, 1877-1893 5 presidents from 1877-1893 (admirable men although none were very charismatic & didn?t leave a larger mark on history) Rutherford B. Hayes (R, 1877-1881) ? presidency decided by one vote; troops were withdrawn from the South?end of Reconstruction ? era of immigration, industrialization & rise of labor unions ? he tried to run an honest administration but not very successful in terms of getting Congressional support for legislation James Garfield (R, 1881) assassinated ? patronage was still a part of how he appointed gov. employees despite Congressional demands for good civil service laws

Reconstruction notes

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Reconstruction Chapter 15 Reconstruction both a time period & a process between 1865 and 1877 (from the end of the Civil War until the end of military reconstruction when the Union army withdrew from the South) the process was more complicated & complex: readmitting the Southern states, physically reconstructing & rebuilding Southern towns, cities, & property that had been destroyed during the war, and integrating newly freed blacks into U.S. society the goals & the questions: Lincoln spoke of the need to ?bind up the nation?s wounds? Slavery was finished but what system of labor should replace plantation slavery? What rights should the freedmen be accorded beyond emancipation? On what terms should rebellious states be restored to the Union?

History from 1877-1900

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1877-1900 Highlights of Chapters 17, 18, & 19 Major themes: The expansion of industrial capitalism & labor in the Age of Enterprise the changing industrial city immigration, factories, & the political machine The Gilded Age Industrial Capitalism Triumphant: early factories produced consumer goods and then gradually, capital goods began to drive America?s industrial economy during this ?Age of Steel,? the Age of Invention, or the Machine Age steel making was revolutionized: the Bessemer process (Henry Bessemer)--the process of refining raw pig iron & making steel; Andrew Carnegie was the first American to fully exploit Bessemer?s invention by erecting a steel mill outside Pittsburgh, PA

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