12/3/2024 9:28:07 AM	HIST 20 Course Outline as of Summer 2024	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  HIST 20	Title:  US HISTORY SINCE 1945
Full Title:  History of the US Since 1945
Last Reviewed:11/25/2019

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	3.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	52.50
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	0		6 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	3.00			Contact Total	52.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  105.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  HIST 17.3

Catalog Description:

This course will explore the political, economic, and social history of America from 1945 to the present including the United States' role in the Cold War and post-Cold War eras. Domestic trends examined will include the expanding consumer society, the rise of social movements, and the response of neo-conservatism. Additionally, the course will focus on America's relationship to the larger world including battling post 9-11 terrorism, participation in the Middle East conflict, globalization and dealing with climate change.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

This course will explore the political, economic, and social history of America from 1945 to the present including the United States' role in the Cold War and post-Cold War eras. Domestic trends examined will include the expanding consumer society, the rise of social movements, and the response of neo-conservatism. Additionally, the course will focus on America's relationship to the larger world including battlingv post 9-11 terrorism, participation in the Middle East conflict, globalization and dealing with climate change.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:	Spring 1994	Inactive:
Area:	D G	Social and Behavioral Sciences American Cultures/Ethnic Studies
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	D	Social Science		Fall 2012
	D3	Ethnic Studies
	D4	Gender Studies
	D6	History
	D	Social Science		Fall 1992	Summer 2012
	D1	Anthropology and Archeology
	D2	Economics
	D3	Ethnic Studies
	D4	Gender Studies
	D6	History
	D	Social Science		Fall 1981	Summer 1992
	D1	Anthropology and Archeology
	D2	Economics
	D3	Ethnic Studies
	D4	Gender Studies
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	4	Social and Behavioral Science		Fall 2013
	4C	Ethnic Studies
	4D	Gender Studies
	4F	History
	4	Social and Behavioral Science		Fall 1981	Fall 2013
	4F	History
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Major Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1.  Analyze the political and economic forces that have shaped the

    development of American society and institutions from 1945 to present.

2.  Examine the impact of race, class, and gender on particular groups since World War II.

3.  Demonstrate an understanding of the causes and effects of historical events after

    World War II.

Objectives:

At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Examine, discuss, and evaluate the experiences, roles, achievements, and contributions of

    European Americans, African Americans, Latinos, and new immigrants after World War II.

2. Use the social historical approach to analyze the past and identify an awareness of historical

    methods used by historians to interpret the past.

3. Identify examples of how class, race, and gender have shaped and reproduced power relations

     in American society since 1945.

4. Employ appropriate vocabulary to analyze American political history and political parties

    after 1945.

5. Assess major social movements including labor, civil rights, feminism, environmentalism,

    religious fundamentalism, neo conservatism, and their impacts on American society and

    politics in the postwar era.

6. Compare and contrast different historical interpretations that explain major historical events

    and social change over time.

Topics and Scope

I.   Social History: Methods of Inquiry

II.  Study of History: Methods of Inquiry and Promoting Critical Thinking

III. The Legacy of World War II: Race, Class and Gender on the homefront

    A. "Double V" and A.P. Randolph's March on Washington Movement

    B. G.I. Forum and League of United Latin Americans

    C. Bracero program

    D. "Rosie the Riveter" goes home

IV.  Extending the New Deal Reform Agenda

    A. G.I. Bill

    B. Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and postwar labor-liberalism

    C. Interstate Highway Bill

V.  Origins of the Cold War

    A. NATO and the Warsaw Pact

    B. Global Arms Race

    C. Korean War

VI.  McCarthyism, the Anticommunist Crusade, and Postwar Liberalism

    A. Civil rights

    B. Organized labor

    C. The disarmament movement

VII.  The Suburbs

    A. Consumer culture

    B. The new Cult of Domesticity

    C. Redlining, restrictive covenants, and racial/ethnic exclusion

VIII.  The Civil Rights Movement

    A. Wartime and postwar migration and the black vote

    B. Brown versus Board of Education

    C. The Montgomery Bus Boycott and SCLC

    D. Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1965

    E. Equal Employment Opportunity Commision

    F. Malcolm X

IX. The United Farm Workers, Latinx, and Hart-Cellar Act

X.  American Indian Movement

    A. Occupation of Alcatraz 1969

    B. Trail of Broken Treaties

    C. Wounded Knee 1973

XI. The Cold War in the 1960s

    A. The Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis

    B. Vietnam: From Dien Ben Phu to the Tet Offensive

XII. Escalation and the Anti-War Movement

    A. LBJ and the Gulf of Tonkin

    B. Increasing Protests

         1. College Campuses

         2. G.I. Resistance

         3. Chicano Moratorium

     C. "Credibility Gap" and theTet Offensive

XIII. Lyndon Johnson's Great Society

    A. The War on Poverty

    B. Structural inequality and urban riots

XIV. Second Wave Feminism

    A. Betty Friedan and NOW

    B. Women's Liberation

XV. 1968

    A. MLK Assassination

    B. RFK Assasination

    C. Growing dissent over Vietnam

    D. Nixon and the Silent Majority

XVI. Stonewall Riots and Gay Liberation

XVII. The Cold War in the 1970s

    A. Vietnamization and "peace with honor"

    B. Détente and normalization of relations with China and the Soviet Union

XVIII. Richard Nixon

    A. Watergate

    B. Expansion of Presidential Power and Constitutional Crisis

XIX. The Carter Presidency

    A. Camp David

    B. Iran Hostage Crisis

    C. Decline of domestic manufacturing

    D. Economic decline

XX. The Reagan Era: Rise of Neoconservatism

    A. Deregulation and "supply side" economics

    B. Decline of organized labor

    C. Questioning the welfare state and its impact

    D. White flight to suburbs

    E. 3rd wave of immigration

    F.  Intervention in Central America

    G. Iran-Contra scandal

XXI. George H. W. Bush

    A. Collapse of the Soviet Union

    B. 1991 Gulf War

XXII. The Clinton Era

    A. 1992 Los Angeles Riot

     B. The Information Revolution

    C. 1990s boom and growth across the socio-economic spectrum

XXIII. The Bush Era

    A. 9/11

    B. Patriot Act and the debate over civil liberties

    C. Iraq and Afghanistan Wars

    D. Housing crisis and economic downturn

XXIV. The Obama Era

    A. Obama Care

    B. American Recovery Act

    C. Social Movements and Divisions

          1. Gay Marriage

         2. Black Lives Matter

XXV. The Election of Donald Trump

Assignments:

1. Weekly reading assignments of roughly 40 to 50 pages. These assignments

    will consist of primary and secondary sources

2. 2000-4000 words of out-of-class writing will be assigned over the semester. These

     assignments may be reaction papers, analytical essays, and/or research papers. The

    assignments will critically interpret primary and secondary sources.  

3. One to two midterm(s) and a final. At least 2 of these exams will be held in class for face to

    face classes. Exams must include essays with optional objective questions.

4. Participation in discussion as directed by instructor

5. Written homework as directed by the instructor

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 30 - 50%
Reaction papers, analytical essays, and/or research papers (including primary and secondary sources). Written homework
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 0 - 0%
None
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 0 - 0%
None
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 40 - 60%
Multiple choice and essay exams
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 20%
Class participation; oral and analytical synopsis of weekly readings

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

A History of Our Time:  Readings on Postwar America, 6th ed. Chafe, William,  Bailey, Beth, and  Sitkoff. Oxford. 2003 (classic)

 

Postwar Immigrant America: A Social History. Ueda, Reed. Bedford. 1994 (classic)

 

The Unfinished Journey: America Since World War II. 8th ed. Chafe, William. Oxford University Press. 2014 (classic)

 

Instructor prepared materials

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