Course Title: U.S. History from 1865

Course Prefix & Number: HIST 1302

Section Number:  401 & 410

Semester: Spring 2017

Semester Credit Hours: 3

Lecture Hours: 3

Lab Hours: 0

Course Description (NCTC Catalog):

A survey of the social, political, economic, cultural, and intellectual history of the United States from the Civil War/Reconstruction era to the present. United States History II examines industrialization, immigration, world wars, the Great Depression, Cold War and post-Cold War eras. Themes that may be addressed in United States History II include: American culture, religion, civil and human rights, technological change, economic change, immigration and migration, urbanization and suburbanization, the expansion of the federal government, and the study of U.S. foreign policy.                                                             

Course Prerequisite(s): None

Required Course Materials:

Brinkley, Alan. The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People.  8^th edition.  McGraw-Hill. 2014.  ISBN #978-1259969118

The eBook is Required; additional purchase of the print copy text is optional. The web-based material is unique to NCTC.  You must purchase the eBook and access code from the NCTC bookstore or directly from McGraw-Hill publishing through the McGraw-Hill Module in Canvas.

Name of Instructor:

Jane England

Campus/Office Location:

Corinth Campus, COR332

Telephone Number:

E-mail Address:

jengland@nctc.edu

# of Graded Course Elements

Graded Course Elements

Percentage or Point Values

Exams

Primary Source Assignments

Movie Review Research Paper

50 points

Optional Extra Credit Assignments

5 points each

At the successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

Create an argument through the use of historical evidence.

Analyze and interpret primary and secondary sources.

Analyze the effects of historical, social, political, economic, cultural, and global forces on this period of United States history.

Students are required to attend class.  Those wishing to drop the course should do so on line.  Students who stop attending class without dropping the class on line may receive a semester grade of F.

BE ON TIME FOR CLASS! If a student is tardy, it is the student’s responsibility to inform the instructor after class that he or she was present. In calculating attendance 3 Tardies = 1 Absence.

Good Attendance Points: Students who have good attendance (no more than three absences in MWF, MW, and TR classes) may receive 2 extra points on their averages at the end of the semester

Topic

General Description of Subject Matter

Reconstruction

Post-Civil War Reconstruction

Growth and Revolt

Transformation in the South and West, Urbanization, and the Agrarian Revolt

Creation of Modern America

Imperialism and Empire, Progressivism, Great War, Roaring Twenties, Great Depression

The Emergence of American Power

World War II, Cold War, Foreign Intervention, Vietnam War

Social Change

Civil Rights Movement and the Great Society, 1960s, Conservative Resurgence

America at the Turn of the Century

Foreign Policy Challenges, Global Terrorism, Technology Boom

Name of Chair/Coordinator:

Crystal R.M. Wright

Office Location:

Gainesville Campus, Room 824

Telephone Number:

940-668-7731, ext. 4320

E-mail Address:

cwright@nctc.edu

Name of Instructional Dean:

Dr. Larry Gilbert

Office Location:

Corinth Campus, Room 305

Telephone Number:

940-498-6216

E-mail Address:

lgilbert@nctc.edu