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  • Dual Credit Modern America 1866 to the present is a survey course that examines the political, economic, and intellectual history of the United States from Reconstruction to the present day. Students will study the rise of Industrial America and the emergence of the U.S. as a world power. Compared to regular high school courses, the dual credit Modern American History course will be more demanding.  You will be asked to read and write more, to analyze historical material, to synthesize ideas and to evaluate the ideas of others.  These skills are necessary in college level classes and will be exercised in this class. This is a college course offered through Montgomery County Community College, so you should not expect it to be easy.  The intellectual skills and interests you will develop during the course, such as critical reading, analyzing data sets, and synthesizing evidence. Dual credit classes are intended for the very well-prepared and highly motivated student.  Innate intelligence is not the primary ingredient for success.  Far more important is a high level of initiative, personal discipline and academic maturity.  As a member of this class you will be issued a student ID from Montgomery County Community College. You will be expected to access your transcripts and bills from Montgomery County Community College on your own.  This course is the equivalent of History 205 in the Montgomery County Community College Course Selection Guide.

  • Sequence of Study: The Course will examine the following topics through use of the textbook, ancillary readings, documentary photographs, and multi-media presentations.

    1. Reconstruction: North and South
    2. Growth of Big Business and origins of Organized Labor
    3. The South and West Transformed
    4. The Emergence of Urban America
    5. Gilded Age Politics and the Agrarian Revolt
    6. Seizing an American Empire
    7. “Making the World Over”: The Progressive Era
    8. America and the Great War
    9. The Modern Temperament
    10. Republican Resurgence and Decline
    11. New Deal America
    12. The Second World War
    13. The Fair Deal and Containment
    14. The 1950’s Affluence and Anxiety in an Atomic Age
    15. New Frontiers: Politics and Social Change in the 1960’s
    16. Rebellion and Reaction the 1960’s and 1970’s
    17. Conservative Realignments: 1977 to 1990 and beyond