Discipline/Program: History
Course Title: U.S. History 1302: From 1877 through the Present
Course Rubric and Number: HIST 1302
Semester with Course Reference Number (CRN): 2014 Spring Semester, Section: 84380
Course Location/Times: Angela Morales 308, Tuesday – Thursday, 8:30 am to 10:00 pm
Course Semester Credit Hours (SCH): 3 Hours, Lecture
Course Contact Hours: 48 Contact Hours
Course Length (number of weeks): 16 weeks
Type of Instruction: Lecture
Instructor Name: Juan Manuel Galván Rodríguez, ABD
Phone Number (Office): TBA
E-mail Address: [email protected]
Emergency e-mail: [email protected]
Office Hours: Angela Morales 308, Tuesday – Thursday, 7:30 am to 8:30 pm
Course Description: The American nation from the Reconstruction Era to the Present.
Course Prerequisites: Must have passed ENGL 1301 (Composition I) or be co-enrolled in ENGL 1301.
Course Goal: Students will evaluate historical developments in an essay.
Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs):
Students 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.
• Explain the importance of chronology and how earlier ideas and events shaped later events.
Course (Student) Learning Outcomes (SLOs):
1. Explain the features of the Gilded Age and the issues on society, culture, and politics
2. Summarize Industrialism and Urbanization
3. Analyze the New South and Jim Crow
4. Explain Populism and Progressivism
5. Identify the causes and effects of WWI and the US
6. Discuss America between the wars
7. Identify the causes of WW2 and the Cold War
8. Discuss Post-war America at home
9. Discuss Post-Modern America
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Required Instructional Materials
 Textbook:
Carol Berkin, et.al. Making America, Volume 2: Since 1865, Sixth Edition. Boston: Wadsworth, Cengage
Learning, 2013.
Henceforth cited as Berkin
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Reader:
American Perspectives: Readings in American History, Volume Two. Boston: Pearson Longman, 2011.
This is a collection of primary and secondary sources. This website explains the difference.
Access cards available at the HCC SE bookstore.
Henceforth cited as American Perspectives
 Monograph:
Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States, 1492-Present. New York: Harper Perennial Modern
Classics, 2005.
Henceforth referred to as Zinn
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Access to a computer, a printer, and to the World Wide Web
Three LETTER SIZE green or blue books
Three 50-item Scantrons Form No. 882-E
Ten Document Analysis Worksheets
Lectures, films, music, and websites shared in class.
Recommended:
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Making America Companion Website
Scans Skills
Texas Colleges must demonstrate that the Basic Intellectual Core Competencies are incorporated into all Core courses.
This course addresses the competencies in the following ways:
Reading: The lecture notes, PowerPoint Presentations, Virtual Reader, the textbook, and the monograph will provide
the basis for Unit Quizzes, Class Discussion, Semester Writing Assignment, and Midterm and Final Exams.
Writing: Students will conduct most communication with the instructor through the typewritten word. Students will
write answers to essay questions and papers.
Speaking: Students may consult the instructor for supplemental information or clarification of assignments as needed.
Students working in groups have the opportunity to develop their academic speaking proficiency.
Listening: Students working in collaboration with other students on chapter assignments will have the opportunity to
develop and practice their listening skills. Students will also practice critical listening from audio and video materials.
Students are encouraged to study in groups; however, all written work submitted to the instructor must be solely the
work of the individual student. Please see the section on plagiarism in this syllabus for details.
Critical Thinking: Exam essays will contain questions and problems that require higher-level, "critical" thinking skills
to solve successfully. The Midterm and Final exams, the Semester Writing Assignment, and essay assignments will
likewise contain questions and problems that will require higher-level, "critical" thinking skills to solve successfully.
Computer Literacy: Courses such as this one require significant computer literacy from students, who must be
proficient at navigating the web, navigating academic databases, delivering PowerPoint presentations, and word
processing written work.
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ATTENDANCE AND EXAMS.
Students who are absent from class by the Official Day of Record (Monday January 27) will be dropped from
this class.
Students who fail to take the first exam will be dropped from this class.
MAKE UP TESTS.
One make up exam will only be given to students who provide documentation that they absolutely had to miss
one of the three midterm exams due to extraordinary circumstances such as being hospitalized or suffering an
automobile accident the day of the test. Students who either the first or the second midterm exam must make take an
all essay make up test within seven days of the exam they missed. Students who fail to make arrangements to make up
the first exam will be dropped from this course. The first exam will be held on Tuesday, February 25. This means that
any make ups for the first exam must be taken by Tuesday, March 4.
Make up exams, like midterms and final exam, will be answered from memory only. No student will be
allowed to make up more than one exam.
Important Dates
Tuesday January 14 – FIRST DAY OF CLASS
Monday January 27 – OFFICIAL DAY OF RECORD
Wednesday January 29 – LAST DAY FOR A 70% Refund
Tuesday February 4 – LAST DAY FOR A 25% Refund
Tuesday February 25 – FIRST EXAM
March 10–16 – NO CLASS!!! SPRING BREAK
Tuesday March 18– 500 WORD (minimum) ROUGH DRAFT OF TERM PAPER DUE
Monday, March 31 at 4:30 p.m. – Last Day for Administrative/Student Withdrawals
Tuesday April 1 – SECOND EXAM
Thursday April 17– 1,000 WORD (minimum) TERM PAPER DUE
Monday, March 31 at 4:30 p.m. – Last Day for Administrative/Student Withdrawals
Tuesday April 29 – EXTRA CREDIT BROWN BAG DINNER!!!
Tuesday May 6 at 8:00 p.m. – FINAL EXAM.
Friday May 16 – GRADES AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS
Course Calendar – Spring 2014 Academic Schedule
WEEK 1
Tuesday January 14
Introduction to Class
Thursday January 16
Defining plagiarism
Read “Reading the Textbook 1302”
Read Patrick Rael, “Reading, Writing, and Researching for History”
The Trans-Mississippi West, 1800-1848.
WEEK 2
Tuesday January 21
Read Berkin Ch. 15, “Reconstruction: High Hopes and Shattered Dreams, 1865-1877”
Read American Perspectives Chapter 1: Henry George, “The Crime of Poverty” (1885).
Thursday January 23
Read Berkin Ch. 16, “The Nation Industrializes, 1865–1900”
Read American Perspectives Chapter 4: “Farmers Describe the Crisis” (1890s)
Monday January 27 – OFFICIAL DAY OF RECORD
WEEK 3
Tuesday January 28
Read Berkin Ch. 17, “Life in the Gilded Age, 1865–1900”
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Read American Perspectives Chapter 4: “The Ocala Platform (1890): Proceedings of the Supreme Council of
the National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union”
Wednesday January 29 – LAST DAY FOR A 70% Refund
Thursday January 30
Read American Perspectives Chapter 4: “The Omaha Platform of the People’s Party of America” (1892)
Tuesday February 4 – LAST DAY FOR A 25% Refund
WEEK 4
Tuesday February 4
Read Berkin Ch. 18, “Politics and Foreign Relations in a Rapidly Changing Nation, 1865–1902”
Thursday February 6
Read Zinn, Ch. 13, “The Socialist Challenge.”
Read American Perspectives Chapter 6: Smedley D. Butler, “War is a Racket” (1935)
WEEK 5
Tuesday February 11
Read Berkin Ch. 19: “The Progressive Era, 1900–1917”
Thursday February 13
Read American Perspectives Chapter 5: Upton Sinclair, “Excerpts from The Jungle” (1906)
WEEK 6
Tuesday February 18
Read Berkin Ch. 20: “The United States in a World at War, 1913–1920”
Thursday February 20
Read American Perspectives Chapter 7: Richard Hofstadter and Michael Wallace, “Ludlow” (1913-1914)
Read American Perspectives Chapter 7: “Address to the Jury in U.S. v. Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman
(1917)
WEEK 7
Tuesday February 25
FIRST EXAM
Thursday February 27
Read Berkin Ch. 21: “Prosperity Decade, 1920–1928”
Read: American Perspectives Chapter 7: Bartolomeo Vanzetti, “Speech to the Court” (April 9, 1927)
WEEK 8
Tuesday March 4
Read Berkin Ch. 22: “The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929–1939”
Thursday March 6
How to avoid plagiarism
Read American Perspectives Chapter 8: Edward Robb Ellis, “The Bonus Army Invades Washington”
WEEK 9
March 10–16 – NO CLASS!!! SPRING BREAK
WEEK 10
Tuesday March 18
Read Berkin Ch. 23: “America's Rise to World Leadership, 1929–1945”
500 WORD (minimum) ROUGH DRAFT OF TERM PAPER DUE
Thursday March 20
Read Berkin Ch. 24: “Truman and Cold War America, 1945–1952”
WEEK 11
Tuesday March 25
Read Berkin Ch. 25: “Quest for Consensus, 1952–1960”
Read Zinn Ch. 17, “Or Does It Explode?”
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Thursday March 27
Read American Perspectives Chapter 10: David M. Oshinsky, “A Conspiracy so Immense: Wheeling” (1983).
Monday, March 31 at 4:30 p.m. – Last Day for Administrative/Student Withdrawals
WEEK 12
Tuesday April 1
SECOND EXAM
Thursday April 3
Read Berkin Ch. 26: “Great Promises, Bitter Disappointments, 1960–1968”
Read Malcolm X, “Learning to Read” (1965). In Gary Colombo, et.al., Rereading America: Cultural Contexts
for Critical Thinking and Writing, Ninth Edition. Boston: Bedford St. Martin’s, 2013. Pages 189-198.
WEEK 13
Tuesday April 8
Read Berkin Ch. 27: “America under Stress, 1967–1976”.
Thursday April 10
Read Zinn Ch. 20, “The Seventies: Under Control?”
Read Daniel Galván, "A Long Road to Houston, 1952-2005." The Houston Review of History and Culture Vol. 3,
No. 1. Fall 2005, pages 32-34, 67-73, 82-83.
WEEK 14
Tuesday April 15
The Consequences of Plagiarism
Thursday April 17
1,000 WORD (minimum) FINAL PAPER DUE
WEEK 15
Tuesday April 22
Read Berkin Ch. 28: “New Economic and Political Alignments, 1976–1992”
Thursday April 24
Read American Perspectives Ch. 13: “Financial Scandal and U.S.-Iran Relations” (1989).
Read Timothy Noah, Excerpts from “The Great Divergence” (2012). In Gary Colombo, et.al., Rereading
America: Cultural Contexts for Critical Thinking and Writing, Ninth Edition. Boston: Bedford St. Martin’s,
2013. Pages 356-372.
WEEK 16
Tuesday April 29
Read Berkin Ch. 29: “Entering a New Century, 1992-2010”
EXTRA CREDIT BROWN BAG DINNER!!!
Thursday May 1
Read Michelle Alexander, Excerpts from “The New Jim Crow” (2012). In Gary Colombo, et.al., Rereading
America: Cultural Contexts for Critical Thinking and Writing, Ninth Edition. Boston: Bedford St. Martin’s,
2013. Pages 738-750.
WEEK 17
Tuesday May 6 at 8:00 p.m. – FINAL EXAM.
Students must wait to see their final grades through PeopleSoft. The instructor will not e-mail grades to any
individual students.
WEEK 18
Friday May 16 – FINAL GRADES AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS THROUGH PEOPLESOFT
Instructional Methods: Lecture Notes, Student PowerPoint Presentations, Films, Music, Major Exams, Semester
Writing Assignment.
Student Assignments: Read a variety of historical material, complete quizzes and exams, and submit a major paper.
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Student Assessments: 1 Syllabus Test, 3 Midterm Exams, 1 Final Exam, 10 Document Analyses.
Program/Discipline Requirements:
A minimum of 50% of the student’s semester average must come from writing assignments.
HCC Grading Scale:
A = 90 - 100
B = 80 - 89
C = 70 - 79
D = 60 - 69
F = 59 and below
Instructor Grading Scale:
A = 900 - 1,000 points
B = 800 - 899 points
C = 700 - 799 points
D = 600 - 699 points
F = 599 points and below
The semester grade will be calculated by:
2 Midterm Exams
(150 points each; 300 points; 30%)
Rough Draft of Term Paper
(100 points; 10%)
Final Draft of Term Paper
(300 points, 30%)
Final Exam
(300 points, 30%)
Course Components:
EARLY WORK is always welcome.
MIDTERM EXAMS
Each midterm exam will count for 150 points, or 15% of your final grade. Midterm exams are noncomprehensive. Exams will consist of a multiple choice, matching, short answer, and/or true or false section (75 points)
and an essay section (75 points). Essays must include a title, a clear thesis statement, every paragraph must begin with a
topic sentence, essay must include a body, and a conclusion. Your essays are expected to be at least two full pages
handwritten in a blue book. This and all other assignments will be discussed in detail by the instructor during the course
of the semester.
FINAL EXAM.
Final exam will count for 300 points, or 30% of your final grade. Final exam will consist of a multiple choice,
matching, short answer, and/or true or false section (150 points) and an essay section (150 points). Essays must include
a title, a clear thesis statement, every paragraph must begin with a topic sentence, essay must include a body, and a
conclusion. Your essays are expected to be at least two full pages handwritten in a blue book. This and all other
assignments will be discussed in detail by the instructor during the course of the semester.
TERM PAPER.
Students will write a critical essay on the challenge of the radical left (farmers, populists, socialists, anarchists,
communists, progressives, etc.) to the establishment in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This paper will be based on
the following ten documents from the American Perspectives e-reader:
1. From Chapter 1, Henry George, “The Crime of Poverty” (1885)
2. From Chapter 4, “The Ocala Platform (1890): Proceedings of the Supreme Council of the National
Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union”
3. From Chapter 4, “Farmers Describe the Crisis” (1890s)
4. From Chapter 4: “The Omaha Platform of the People’s Party of America” (1892)
5. From Chapter 5, Upton Sinclair, “Excerpts from The Jungle” (1906)
6. From Chapter 7, Richard Hofstadter and Michael Wallace, “Ludlow” (1913-1914)
7. From Chapter 7, “Address to the Jury in U.S. v. Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman (1917)
8. From Chapter 7, Bartolomeo Vanzetti, “Speech to the Court” (April 9, 1927)
9. From Chapter 8, Edward Robb Ellis, “The Bonus Army Invades Washington” (1932)
10. From Chapter 6, Smedley D. Butler, “War is a Racket” (1935)
This paper will be no less than 1,000 words. A draft must be submitted to the instructor by Tuesday March 18. A rough
draft of this paper (500 words minimum) must be submitted to The Writing Center for critique. A revised final draft is
due Thursday, April 10. The final draft (1,000 words minimum) must reflect rigorous revisions based on the
instructor’s feedback.
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This term paper is a critical analysis of primary sources on the challenge of the radical left to the establishment in
the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This term paper must be written in MLA format. It must contain an original title,
an introduction with a clear thesis sentence, a body, at least one example from each of the documents required, a
conclusion, a Word Count, and a Works Cited page. Each source must be quoted at least once in the body of the essay.
All quotes from the sources must be placed in parenthesis and properly cited.
Consult The Three Parts of a History Paper handout, the Feedback for Rough Draft, the Term Paper Checklist, the
Term Paper Grading Rubric, and the “in-class essays” section below for details.
This term paper must be written in MLA Style (Humanities) format, which is explained here by looking specifically
at “Humanities”, then “Documenting Sources” and “Sample Papers”. It will be typed on Size 12 font, Times New
Roman, double spaced, using standard 1” (one inch) margins. Papers that don’t follow this format will be penalized.
IN-CLASS ESSAYS.
Essays must include a specific title, an introduction, a body, a conclusion. A central part of the introduction is a
clear thesis statement that reflects YOUR perspective. Every paragraph must include a topic sentence. The essay must
end with YOUR conclusion. Always provide specific examples and provide a basic chronology.
Keep in mind that these will be YOUR essays, and as such they must reflect YOUR point of view and not be
limited to repeating the perspective of the authors. Essays must reflect a critical analysis of all materials including in the
assignment.
English Composition I is co-requisite to this class, which means that by the time they take History 1302
students are already trained in the writing of logical, articulate essays. The UNC and the Rutgers writing centers offer
excellent handouts that can help you in preparing your essays, such as:
Introductions
Thesis Statements
Paragraphs
Conclusions
Writing History Essays
REVIEW SESSIONS AND STUDY GUIDES.
I do not give review sessions or study guides. Students are expected to study their books and notes every day in
order to prepare for examinations.
EXTRA CREDIT.
Students may submit no more than 100 points through extra credit. Extra credit will consist of unannounced
activities to be completed in class and participation in campus live events. Just another reason to come to class regularly!
HCC Policy Statements
ADA: DISABILITY SERVICES
Any student with a documented disability (e.g. physical, learning, psychiatric, vision, hearing, etc.) who needs to arrange
reasonable accommodations must contact the Disability Support Services Office at the beginning of each semester.
Professors are authorized to provide only the accommodations requested by the Disability Support Services Office. The
counselor for Southeast College can be reached at 713-718-7218.
ACADEMIC HONESTY:
Academic irregularities cannot be tolerated. Attempts to compromise the integrity of this course will result in a
grade of zero for the assignment. Students must not collaborate on the exams in any way (including the use of materials
from former students) and must not copy material from any source to use as their essay answers or discussion
contributions. See the HCCS 2012-2013 Student Handbook for further details.
Cheating is not that hard to define and as college students, you should have a firm idea about what cheating is.
Just to be clear, here are a few simple definitions:
Cheating is: Copying from another student's exam.
Cheating is: During an exam, using materials not authorized by the person giving the exam.
Cheating is: Collaborating with another student during an exam without proper authority.
Cheating is: Knowingly using, buying, selling, stealing, transporting, or soliciting in whole or part the contents
of an exam or paper.
Cheating is: Bribing another person to obtain a copy of an exam.
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Cheating is: Plagiarism which means using someone's work or someone's ideas and representing them to be
your own. That "someone" may be another student, a friend, a relative, a book author, an author of material on a web
site, etc. Do not take material from anywhere without giving proper credit or reference. In other words, do not copy
from an Internet source and paste it into your essay answer space.
Cheating is: Collusion, which means the unauthorized collaboration with another person in preparing written
work offered for credit when you represent that work to be your own.
In this class, the standard penalty for academic dishonesty is a grade of zero in the course. Academic
dishonesty can lead to a recommendation for probation or dismissal from the College System.
If you ever have any question about what is cheating, what is plagiarism or what is unauthorized collusion,
please contact your instructor before you do anything or submit anything. It is much better to ask first than to get
caught later.
STUDY SKILLS.
It is common sense that students must spend AT LEAST two hours studying at home for every hour spent in
the classroom. The PQ4R (Preview, Question, Read, Reflect, Recite, and Review) method of studying is taught in study
skills and in introduction to Psychology classes.
WRITING ASSISTANCE.
If need help in developing your history writing skills, you can 1) take advantage of my offer to tutor you, or 2)
Visit the college’s new and improved HCC-Southeast Writing Center, located in room 102 of the Felix Morales
Building, 713-718-7202. At the Felix Fraga Academic Building, you may find writing tutors at the Library and at Room
245.
DROPPING THIS COURSE.
Monday, March 31 at 4:30 p.m. is the Last Day for Administrative/Student Withdrawals. Ultimately, it
is the student’s responsibility to officially drop in order to avoid getting an F.
CLASS ATTENDANCE.
Attendance is absolutely required in this course. The instructor will take attendance promptly at 8:30 p.m. every
day. Students who are not in their seats by 8:30 p.m. will be counted tardy. Three tardies count as an absence. Students
who are 15 minutes late or more will be counted absent. Students who leave the classroom early will be counted absent.
Any student who accumulates four absences or more will be recommended for withdrawal.
MISSING CLASS.
Students who miss class are responsible for keeping up with all class assignments and readings. The instructor
will not respond to absent students’ inquiries about the material covered in class. The instructor will not give away his
lecture notes nor will conduct individual lectures or individual review sessions with students who have been absent from
class.
COMMUNICATING WITH THE INSTRUCTOR.
E-mail is the most effective way of communicating with the instructor. Please allow a 24 hour frame for the
instructor to reply. Students must ALWAYS refer to the syllabus for answers to their questions before asking the
instructor. The instructor will not respond to questions that are clearly explained in the syllabus nor will he explained
what he covered in class that day.
ELECTRONIC DEVICES.
This class offers you a zero tolerance policy on cell phones, iPhones, iPods, MP3s, PSPs and other similar
devices. Make sure they are turned off and put away during class time. If you absolutely have to answer your cell phone
due to an extremely serious situation, please notify the instructor in advance, sit close to the door, put your phone on
vibrate, and exit quietly.
CALLIGRAPHY is the disappearing art of handwriting. Because many of today’s students can text and type but can
no longer handwrite, I require students to write their notes BY HAND.
LAPTOPS are not allowed in this course.
RECORDING OF THE LECTURES is not allowed in this course.
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CLASSROOM CONDUCT.
This class a certain degree of classroom civility – translated; this means you are to conduct yourself
appropriately. As such, the following is prohibited: talking in a disruptive manner, dipping, smoking, sleeping, reading
the newspaper, studying for other classes, fighting, wearing sunglasses or shades, or any similar behavior that is deemed
disruptive or inappropriate by the instructor. Disruptive students who refuse to listen to the instructor will be
removed from the classroom by campus police and will be dropped from this course. Please refer to the HCCS
2012-2013 Student Handbook
CAMPUS SECURITY.
Should there ever be a disruption in class, I will contact HCC Police at 713-718-8888 (8888 from a campus
phone).
FINAL DISCLAIMER
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All issues explained verbally in class by the instructor are class policy.
This syllabus is meant as a guide and is subject to change at the discretion of the
instructor. If there are any changes made, students will be notified in a timely manner.
Always refer to the current version of the syllabus on The Learning Web
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