Week 1: Class Introduction A) The American West Reading: The American Pageant 579 – 582, 584 – 596 Week 2: The American West 1877-1900            A) The American West con. B) The Indian Wars C) An Industrializing Nation Reading: The American Pageant 579 – 582, 584 – 596 Week 3: The Gilded Age 1877-1900             A) Capital and Labor in the Age of Enterprise  B) Industrial growth, Politics, and laissez-faire           Reading: The American Pageant 496 – 509, 512 – 513, 544 – 552 Week 4: American Expansion and the Progressive Era 1898-1914 A) Roots of expansion, 1877-1898 C) Progressivism and the Urban way of life D) the Progressive Presidencies  F) Map Assignment Due Reading: The American Pageant 649 – 662, 675 – 677 Week 5: The Great War (World War I) 1914-1919 A) The Great War, 1914-1918 B) American Entry into the War C) War on the Home Front D) Wilson and the Treaty of Versailles, 1919 Reading: The American Pageant 682 – 688, 693 – 702 Week 6: The Roaring 20's 1920-1929 A) The New Era of the 1920s B) Republican Ascendancy and Prosperity C) Emergence of a consumer culture and mass media D) The Stock Market Crash of 1929 Reading: The American Pageant 705 – 710, 716 – 718   Week 7: The Great Depression 1929-1933 A) Causes of the Great Depression B) Hoover's response to the Great Depression C) Crime and Hardship D) International Repercussions Reading: The American Pageant 732 – 735 Week 8: Mid-Term Exam - Bring a Scantron (886-E), and a No.2 Pencil. A) Tuesday: Review B) Thursday: Mid-Term Exam C) Historical Identification Assignment Due

Week 9: the New Deal & World War II 1933-1945 A) Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal B) American Isolationism and Pearl Harbor C) Fighting and Winning the War at Home and Overseas Reading: The American Pageant 746 – 761, 786 – 787 & 790 – 800 Week 10: The Cold War, Prosperity and Middle America 1945-1960 A) Postwar Affluence and Social Change B) A Cold War World C) The rise of American Suburbia ` D) Image Analysis Due Reading: The American Pageant 826 – 830, 842 – 850 Week 11: The Civil Rights Movement 1960-1973 A)The emergence of Civil Rights activists B) the Cuban Missile Crisis & the Vietnam War C) Johnson, Civil Rights, and the Great Society Reading: The American Pageant 859 – 864, 880 – 883 Week 12: The Optimism and Anguish of the 60's 1960-1973 A) Expansion of the Civil Rights Movement B) Emergence of the radical left & A house divided C) Nixon the silent majority & Watergate Reading: The American Pageant 886 – 887, 889 – 895, 900 – 903   Week 13: America in a Changing World  1973-1980 A) Globalization B) Industrial and Intellectual Decay C) Primary Source Analysis Assignment Due   Week 14: The United States as a Global Superpower 1980-2000 A) Gorbachev, Regan, and end of the Cold War B) The Changing nature of Labor & Wealth C) The Silicon Revolution Reading: The American Pageant 938 – 947, 951 – 954 Weeks 15 & 16: Challenges at Home and Abroad  2008-2018 A)Final Exam - Bring a Scantron (886-E), and a No.2 Pencil. B) Wednesday: Final Exam and @ 11:45AM Research Essay Due 1:10PM