1. HIST 1302: The United States since 1865
Spring 2010
CRN & CRN (Learning Community)
Dr. Jeffrey P. Shepherd

2. HIST 1302 -Liberal Arts Building -Rm. 326 -Office Hours:
T & TH 1:30-3:30

3. Assistant Instructors
Rebecca Wiggins
T/TH 10:30-12:00
LART 320
Roland Rodriguez
Tuesday 11:00-12:00
Wednesday 2:00-4:00
LART 320

4. Course Overview Course syllabus Goals and objectives Main themes
Policies
Exams
Readings & assignments
How to succeed

5. POP QUIZ 1. What is the Nineteenth Amendment?
2. What/who are Suffragists?
3. Give me a name of a labor union
4. What national event happened in 1929?
5. Who was J. Edgar Hoover?
6. Who is Delores Huerta?
7. What does NAFTA stand for?
8. When did the Vietnam War happen?
9. Who fought in the Cold War?

6. Continued 10. What is a “sit-in” ?
11. What did the G.I. Bill help people do?
12. Name the president that resigned in the 1970s.
When was the first Gulf War?
How many Native Americans are there in the United States today?
Name one female Latina politician

7. Ideas and Concepts How to “do history” A. Just the facts
1. Names, dates, battles, presidents
2. One objective TRUTH (false) OR
B. Different approaches
1. Arguments and evidence
2. Perspectives & interpretations
C. Sources and methods

8. History and the Present
A. Discrimination
1. Indians and Europeans
2. Significance
B. Propaganda
1. Self-serving & “feel good history”
2. Citizenship and patriotism
3. Simplification: Good vs. Evil
C. “Pop History”
1. Media (Fox News)
2. Textbooks

9. Why Important? D. Where we are going……? A. Who we are
1. National identity
2. Multicultural society
B. Historical consciousness
1. “Why things are the way they are”
C. Historical Change
1. Unpredictable
2. Patterns and themes
3. People & forces make history
D. Where we are going……?

10. QUESTIONS?