American West: Capital and Labor
Topic: The American West: Capital and Labor in the Age of Enterprise (1877— 1900)
Learning Objectives
Acquire an understanding of the American West and the era of capital, labor and enterprise, focusing on
the impact to American economics and society.
Week 2: Topic
- The Industrial City: Building it, and Living in it
- Politics in the Age of Enterprise (1877-1896)
- The Progressive Era (1910-14)
Learning Objectives
Recognize the changes occurring within new urban cities and the politics that resulted from the massive and quick industrialization and the connection to the Progressive Reform Movement.
Topic
- An Emerging World Power (1877— 1914)
- War and the American State (1914—1920)
Learning Objectives
Explain the roots of expansionism, the making of the American Empire, and America’s entrance onto the world stage.
Week 4: Topic
- Modern Times (1920— 1932)
- Redefining Liberalism: The New Deal (1933— 1939)
- The World At War (1939— 1945)
Learning Objectives
Analyze America in the modern era, with special attention to the business— government partnerships, American culture and identity, and the economic crash of the Great Depression.
Topic
- Cold War America (1945— 1960)
- The Age of Affluence (1945—1960)
Learning Objectives
Evaluate the events that surrounded the Cold War in America, including President Truman and Eisenhower’s policies, along with America’s economic growth and its effect on society and culture.
Topic
- The Liberal Consensus: Flaming Out (1960-68)
- Toward a Conservative America: the 1970s
- The Reagan Revolution and the End of the Cold War (1980— 2001)
Learning Objectives
Analyze the shift toward conservatism in the United States during the Nixon years, the second battle for
civil rights, and the Reagan Revolution and the Clinton Presidency.
Week 7: Topic
A Dynamic Economy, but a Divided People (1980— 2000) Stumbling Into the Twenty—First Century
Learning Objectives
Examine and analyze America’s role in the global economy, the advent and usage of new technology, the
issue of culture in twenty—first century America and the reasons for and the aftermath of the war on terror,
including political, economic, and social ramifications.