Schedule & Video List For HST116
Week of 9/9
Outline I – Reconstruction
Lecture I (9/9) – 1865; Reconstruction: Lincoln’s view vs. the Radical Republicans
Lecture II (9/11) – Reconstruction: Johnson vs. Radical Republicans
Week of 9/14
Lecture III (9/14) – The Impact of Reconstruction on the South and the Election of 1868
Lecture IV (9/16) – Rise of the Klu Klux Klan, 15th Amendment, New Departure Democrats, and “Black Friday” 1869
Lecture V (9/18) – Redemption of the South and the scandals of the Grant Administration
Week of 9/21
Outline II – Westward Expansion
Lecture VI (9/21) – the Presidential Election of 1876 and the nature of Native Americans
Lecture VII (9/23) – US Indian policy, defeat of the Plains tribes, and the opening of the West
Outline III – The Gospel of Success
Lecture VIII (9/25) – Economic exploitation of the West and the Gospel of Success
Week of 9/28
Lecture IX (9/28) – Case Study for the Gospel of Success – the Railroads
Lecture X (9/30) – Case Studies for the Gospel of Success – Heavy Industry & the Panic of 1873
Exam #1 (10/2)
Week of 10/5
Outline IV – The Industrial Revolution and the Era of National Strikes
Lecture XI (10/5) – Impact of the Industrial Revolution on American Society
Lecture XII (10/7) – the Great Strike of 1877 and the first three national unions
Lecture XIII (10/9) – the of the most violent strikes in US History – May Day, Homestead, & Pullman
Week of 10/12
No Class 10/12 – Columbus Day
Lecture XIV (10/14) – 1893 Crash, JP Morgan, & the Wobblies
Outline V – The Politics of the Gilded Age
Lecture XV (10/16) – The Wobblies & the Politics of the Gilded Age
Week of 10/19
Lecture XVI (10/19) – Money Policy during the Gilded Age
Lecture XVII (10/21) – Election of 1880; Garfield & Arthur Administrations; Election of 1884
Lecture XVIII (10/23) Cleveland’s 1st term; Interstate Commerce Act; Election of 1888; Harrison Administration
Week of 10/26
Lecture XIX (10/26) – Populism; Election of 1892; Cleveland’s 2nd term
Lecture XX (10/28) – Election of 1896; Progressivism; the Muckrackers
Lecture XXI (10/30) – Progressive Achievements
Week of 11/2
Exam #2 (11/2)
Outline VI – The Progressive Presidents: Roosevelt, Taft & Wilson
Lecture XXII (11/4) – Progressive President #1 – Theodore Roosevelt
Lecture XXIII (11/6) – Progressive President #2 – William Howard Taft; Election of 1912
Week of 11/9
Lecture XXIV (11/9) – Progressive President #3 – Woodrow Wilson; American Progressive Foreign Policy
Outline VII – The American Empire/Progressive Foreign Policy
No Class 11/11 – Veterans Day
Lecture XXV (11/13) – Hawaii; Naval Expansion
Week of 11/16
Lecture XXVI (11/16)- The Spanish-American War
Lecture XXVII (11/18) – American Efforts to Become a World Power
Lecture XXVIII (11/20) – The Panama Canal & US Intervention in Mexico
Week of 11/23
Outline VIII – The American Entry into WWI
Lecture XXIX (11/23) – WWI – Part I
Lecture XXX (11/25) – WWI – Part II
No Class 11/27 – Thanksgiving Break
Week of 11/30
Lecture XXXI (11/30) – WWI – Part III
Lecture XXXII (12/2) – Wilson’s Post-War Failures; Election 1920
Outline IX – The 1920s
Lecture XXXIII (12/4) – Violence of Labor; Red Scare of 1920
Week of 12/7
Lecture XXXIV (12/7) – Racial Issues of the 1920s
Lecture XXXV (12/9) – Other Socials Issues of the 1920s
Lecture XXXVI (12/11) – Political Issues of the 1920s
Week of 12/14
Lecture XXXVII (12/14) – Economic Issues of the 1920s
Scheduled Final Exam = 12/16 at 2pm