History 152  U.S. History 1877 to the Present

 
The most wonderful, most interesting, most exciting, most important U.S. History course taught by an ancient historian at Northern State University!

Check out this U.S. History II syllabus, complete with the Summer 2007 class schedule (very useful), lists of readings, and exam study guides. If you have not taken one of my classes before, be sure to look at these sample ID's to make sure you know what kind of thing I am looking for on the exams.

You might find helpful also the lecture outlines and useful links below.

Outlines and notes:

Midterm I

• The Impact of the Civil War on American Democracy (my unedited notes, outline) 
  
• Politics and the Presidency: 1876 -1888 (outline)
  
• Business and Industry: 1865-1900 (outline)
• American Labor: 1865-1900 (outline)
  
• Farm and City: 1865-1900 (outline)
• American Expansion (my unedited notes, outline)
  

• The Progressives (outline)
• The U.S. and World War I (outline)
• Controversies of the 1920's and 1930's (outline)
  
• FDR and the New Deal (outline)
  
• The U.S. and World War II (outline)
• The Cold War (outline)
  

• Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society (outline)
  
• Not Quite Tricky Enough: The Nixon Presidency (outline)
  
• Ford and Carter (outline)
  
• Reagan and Bush (outline)
  
• Clinton/final remarks (my unedited notes, outline)
  

• The Sacco and Vanzetti Trial 
  
• JFK Resource On-line 
  
• Internet Public Library JFK links 
  
• Johnson's Great Society speech 
  
• Lyndon Johnson biography and resources
• Useful Clinton Links and Essay Suggestions

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