Tentative Lecture Schedule This schedule is subject to change. I will try to consolidate some of these topics so we have time for reviews, exams, and perhaps are able to cover the 80's and 90's. |
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Week 1 |
Introduction and Overview: The Rise of Big Business |
Week 2 |
The Wild, Wild West |
Week 3 |
The Gilded Age and Populist Revolt |
Week 4 |
Imperialism |
Week 5 |
Progressivism 1: Roosevelt and Taft |
Week 6 |
Wilsonian Progressivism |
Week 7 |
World War I |
Week 8 |
The 1920's |
Week 9 |
Depression and The New Deal |
Week 10 |
World War II |
Week 11 |
Truman, Eisenhower and the Cold War |
Week 12 |
JFK, LBJ and Civil Rights |
Week 13 |
Vietnam |
Week 14 |
The Nixon Presidency |
Week 15 |
The Tumultuous 70's |
Week 16 |
The Reagan Revolution |
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