Thematic Lecture Ideas Volume II Chapters 17-31

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1 Thematic Lecture Ideas Volume II Chapters Because so many of us lecture around themes rather than or in addition to a straight chronological, textbook-driven narrative the following themes have been identified and the textbook material and web addresses organized thematically. Thematic topics allow your students to make comparisons over time and to identify the forces that influence change. The thesis of the text is political economy. In this, your students will study the role of national economic affairs and the role of the government and the way they shape the lives of Americans. The political economy is a link between the individual and the global event. Of concern is the way that the political economy can change or influence capitalism, democracy, and family and social values. The categories considered in this thematic section include: economy, politics and political parties, foreign policy, domestic policy, presidential leadership, the development of government, immigration and urbanization, working Americans, social history, and under-represented Americans fighting for civil and political rights. The themes you develop will represent your interests and background as well as the needs of your students. Economy: The root of all decisions and actions. Seen from the context of the text, the economy prevades all other topics. 17: The Dakota Sioux Conflict of 1862: 17: The Gilded Age and the Titans of Industry carnegie/gildedage.html 17: The Rise of Big Business 17: The Political Economy of Global Capitalism 17: Feature: The Mining Camps of the Trans-Mississippi West 17: Clearing the West for Capitalism 17: The Economic Transformation of the West 18: The Women of the Gilded Age eng188/apallas/womenhp.html 19: Looking Backward 19: Economic Issues Dominate National Politics 19: Politics of Industrial Capitalism 19: 1896: The Presidential Campaign, Cartoons, and Commentary -- The Populists edu /1896/populists.html 19: The Dramas of Haymarket 19: Government Activism and Its Limits 20: Racial Prejudice 20: The Cross of Gold Speech 20: Industry and Empire 20: Taylorism and Scientific Management 20: The Crisis of the 1890s 20: The Retreat from Politics 20: A Modern Political Economy 21: A United Body of Action 21: The Evolution of the Conservation Movement amrvhtml/conshome.html 21: How the NAACP Began 21: Rival Visions of the Industrial Future 21: The Urban Log Cabin 22: A Global Power 22: World War I Document Archive 22: Mobilizing the Nation and the Economy 23: The 1920s: Society, Fads, and Daily Life 244

2 23: Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy ammem/coolhtml/coolhome.html 23: A Dynamic Economy 23: A New Era in Politics and Government 24: The Great Depression 24: TVA: Electricity for All 24: Labor Unions during the Great Depression and the New Deal nd/pedu/features/timeline/depwwii/unions.html 24: The Great Depression 24: The First New Deal 24: The Second New Deal 24: Crisis of the New Deal 25: Rosie Pictures: Select Images Relating to American Women Workers During World War II 25: Japanese Internment, Camp Harmony harmony/exhibit/default.htm 25: Double Victory and 25: Organizing for Production 26: Readings in the 1950s 26: The Truman Doctrine 26: Korean War 26: The Reconversion of American Society 27: MLK Page 27: The Eishenhower Era 27: Economic Prosperity 27: Challenges to the Consumer Society 27: Rebel Poets of the 1950s 28: The Cuban Missile Crisis, : The Great Society Speech 28: The History of NOW 28: Declaring War on Poverty 28: Implementing the Liberal Agenda 28: The Great Society Comes Apart 29: The Wars of Vietnam: An Overview 29: A New Crisis: Economic Decline 29: Feature: Deindustrialization in Youngstown, Ohio 29: Confronting Decline: Nixon s Strategy 30: Possible Soviet Responses to the U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative spp/starwars/offdocs/ m htm 30: A New Conservative Majority 30: The End of Economic Decline? 30: The Rehabilitation of Business 30: The Reagan Revolution at Home 30: The Limits of the New Conservatism 31: The History of Silicon Valley 31: The Intermediate Nuclear Force Agreement (INF) treaties/inf1.html 31: The Gulf War 31: Political Uncertainty 31: Struggles Over Diversity and Rights 31: A New Economy 245

3 Politics and political parties: Political factions may not have been George Washington s idea of a good thing, but brokering power between groups is a human universal. The way that Americans, whether colonists of the European powers or as competing groups in a small region of the nation, have brokered power is part of the dynamic story of our nation s past. Your students may have a glazed look on their faces when the word politics is spoken, but understanding its importance in Americans daily lives is important for a complete comprehension of the subject. They may find that it is not nearly as boring as they had originally believed. 19: 1896: The Presidential Campaign, Cartoons, and Commentary -- The Populists edu /1896/populists.html 19: Two Political Styles 19: Economic Issues Dominate National Politics 20: Industry and Empire 20: The Cross of Gold Speech 20: The Retreat from Politics 20: Disfranchisement and Decline of Popular Politics 20: Organized Labor Retreats from Politics 21: A United Body of Action 21: Toward a New Politics 21: Rival Visions of the Industrial Future 22: World War I Document Archive 22: The Red Scare 22: War Message of World War I 22: The Election of : The Fight in Congress 22: The Senate Rejects the League 23: Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy ammem/coolhtml/coolhome.html 23: A New Era in Politics and Government 24: The Great Depression 24: The election of : The New Deal Coalition and the Triumph of : The Truman Doctrine 26: Korean War 26: The Frustrations of Liberalism 27: MLK Page 27: The Eishenhower Era 28: The Cuban Missile Crisis, : The Great Society Speech 28: The History of NOW 28: The Liberal Opportunity 28: 1968: A Tumultuous Year 29: The Wars of Vietnam: An Overview 29: May 4 Kent State 29: Political Crisis: Three Troubled Presidencies 30: Possible Soviet Responses to the U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative m htm 30: Reagan 30: The Limits of the New Conservatism 30: A New Conservative Majority 31: The History of GATT and the Structure of the WTO history.html 246

4 31: The Intermediate Nuclear Force Agreement (INF) treaties/inf1.html 31: The Gulf War 31: Poltical Uncertainty Foreign policy: Whether we are looking at the nation s past from a colonial perspective or looking at the nation as a colonial power, foreign policy is always at the heart of many considerations. Narrowly conceived, foreign policy may be seen as international wars and conflicts; broadly conceived it also includes international economic relations. Help your students see foreign policy as part of a larger whole and a significant player in the nation s past. 19: Foreign Policy and Commercial Expansion 20: Industry and Empire 20: Overseas Frontier 20: American Diplomacy Enters the Modern World 22: War Message of World War I 22: A Global Power 22: World War I Document Archive 22: The Challenges of Revolution and Neutrality 22: The Drift to War 22: Over There 22: The Black Cloud in the East 25: Rosie Pictures: Select Images Relating to American Women Workers During World War II 25: Japanese Internment, Camp Harmony harmony/exhibit/default.htm 25: Powers of Persuasion: Poster Art from World War II powers/powers/html 25: Island in a Totalitarian Sea 25: Turning the Tide 25: Organization for Production 25: Closing with the Enemy 26: The Cold War 26: The Truman Doctrine 26: Korean War 26: The Origins of the Cold War 26: Fighting the Cold War Abroad 27: The Eishenhower Era 28: The Cuban Missile Crisis, : Fighting the Cold War 28: The American War in Vietnam 29: Confronting Decline: Nixon s Strategy 29: May 4 Kent State 29: The Wars of Vietnam: An Overview 30: Possible Soviet Responses to the U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative m htm 30: Reagan 30: The Reagan Revolution Abroad 30: The Limits of the New Conservatism 31: The History of GATT and the Structure of the WTO history.html 31: The Intermediate Nuclear Force Agreement (INF) treaties/inf1.html 31: The Gulf War 31: After the Cold War 247

5 Domestic policy: Similar to foreign policy, domestic policy is also generally at the heart of many of our considerations. Your considerations of domestic policy will also help your students understand the relationship between domestic policies, the nature of government, and the economy. Help your students see that domestic policy is in part a reflection of the society as well as the personality and philosophy of elected officials and those who do not have political power. 19: Economic Issues Dominate National Politics 19: Government Activism and Its Limits 21: The Progressives 22: Mobilizing the Nation and the Economy 22: Over There 22: Feature: Plattsburg 23: A Dynamic Economy 23: A New Era in Politics and Government 24: The Great Depression 24: We Have Got A Good Friend in John Collier: A Taos Pueblo Tries to Sell the Indian New Deal UserReferA24A66F5FFD82CB6BFDCC596 24: TVA: Electricity for All 24: The First New Deal 24: The Second New Deal 24: Crisis of the New Deal 25: Rosie Pictures: Select Images Relating to American Women Workers During World War II 25: Japanese Internment, Camp Harmony harmony/exhibit/default.htm 25: Powers of Persuasion: Poster Art from World War II powers/powers/html 25: Double Victory and 25: Organization for Production 26: The Cold War 26: The Reconversion of American Society 26: Fighting the Cold War at Home 27: Living the Good Life 28: The Great Society Speech 28: The Cuban Missile Crisis, : The Liberal Opportunity 28: Implementing the Liberal Agenda 28: Winning Civil Rights 28: The Great Society Comes Apart 28: Feature: Indiana University Students in the 1960s 29: The Wars of Vietnam: An Overview 29: May 4 Kent State 30: Reagan 29: Refusing to Settle for Less: Struggles for Rights 29: backlash: From Radical Action to Conservative Reaction 30: A New Conservative Majority 30: The Reagan Revolution at Home 30: the battle over Conservative Social Issues 31: Struggles over Diversity and Rights 248

6 Presidential Leadership: These people have acquired the term leader because of the will of the American people and any discussion of presidential leadership needs to keep that in mind. Help your students evaluate and understand these individuals by considering their actions from a number of characteristics: how did they influence Americans to do things that they may not have wanted to do to accomplish the nations goals; the corollary to this is to look at ways the people forced government to do its will inspite of it not wanting to; did the individual want to be a leader or did he rise to the occasion; what about personal charisma; did the leader have a vision and could he articulate that vision to the American people or was the vision good but ineffective. Develop your definition of leadership and help your students come to some understanding of the individual s complexities as well as the challenges he faced. You may want to add to this category by including other political leaders, First Ladies, and key men and women in industry, social reform movements, and society. 19: Rutherford B. Hayes 19: James Garfield 19: Grover Cleveland 19: Benjamin Harrison 19: 1896: The Presidential Campaign, Cartoons, and Commentary -- The Populists edu /1896/populists.html 20: Grover Cleveland 20: William McKinley 20: The Cross of Gold Speech 21: Theodore Roosevelt 21: William H. Taft 22: Woodrow Wilson 22: War Message of World War I 23: Warren G. Harding 23: Calvin Coolidge 23: Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy ammem/coolhtml/coolhome.html 23: Herbert Hoover 23-25: Franklin D. Roosevelt 24: The Great Depression 24: Fireside Chats of Franklin D. Roosevelt : Harry S. Truman 26: The Cold War 26: The Truman Doctrine 26: Korean War : Dwight D. Eisenhower 28-29: John F. Kennedy 28: The Cuban Missile Crisis, : Lyndon B. Johnson 28: The Great Society Speech : Richard M. Nixon 29: Watergate : Gerald R. Ford 30: Jimmy Carter 30: Ronald Reagan 30: Possible Soviet Responses to the U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative m htm 30: Reagan 31: The History of GATT and the Structure of the WTO history.html 31: The Intermediate Nuclear Force Agreement (INF) treaties/inf1.html 249

7 31: George Bush 31: The Gulf War 31: Bill Clinton Development of government: Consider the evolution and expansion of Americans definitions and redefinitions of the social contract. What did Americans expect from its government and how did that expectation change what caused Americans to redefine their expectations? How did the American public react when their expectations were not met; that is, when the government tried to reduce or increase its role? 19: 1896: The Presidential Campaign, Cartoons, and Commentary -- The Populists edu /1896/populists.html 19: Weak Presidents Oversee a Strong Federal Government 19: Government Activism and Its Limits 21: A United Body of Action 21: The Presidency becomes the Administration 21: Progressives in State and Local Politics 22: A Global Power 22: The Red Scare 22: War Message of World War I 22: Mobilizing the Nation and the Economy 23: A New Era in Politics and Government 24: The Great Depression 24: Fireside Chats of Franklin D. Roosevelt 24: We Have Got A Good Friend in John Collier: A Taos Pueblo Tries to Sell the Indian New Deal UserReferA24A66F5FFD82CB6BFDCC596 24: TVA: Electricity for All 24: Labor Unions during the Great Depression and the New Deal nd/pedu/features/timeline/depwwii/unions.html 24: The Great Depression 24: The First New Deal 24: The Second New Deal 24: Crisis of the New Deal 25: Rosie Pictures: Select Images Relating to American Women Workers During World War II 25: Japanese Internment, Camp Harmony harmony/exhibit/default.htm 25: Powers of Persuasion: Poster Art from World War II powers/powers/html 26: The Cold War 26: The Truman Doctrine 26: Korean War 26: Fighting the Cold War Abroad 26: Fighting the Cold War at Home 27: A Homogeneous Society? 27: The Eisenhower Era 28: The Cuban Missile Crisis, : The Great Society Speech 28: The History of NOW 28: The Liberal Opportunity 28: Winning Civil Rights 28: Implementing the Liberal Agenda 250

8 29: The Wars of Vietnam: An Overview 29: Watergate : May 4 Kent State 29: Watergate: The Fall of Richard Nixon 30: Possible Soviet Responses to the U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative m htm 30: Reagan 30: A New Conservative Majority 30: The Reagan Revolution at Home 30: The Battle over Conservative Social Issues 31: The History of GATT and the Structure of the WTO history.html Immigration and urbanization: We tend to think of immigration and urbanization as twentieth century issues. Where immigration is the topic your students need to consider that the entire Western Hemisphere was people by immigrants from some place else. Have your students examine the causes for immigration why did people leave their homes and what did they expect to find in Ameica? What enabled them to realize their dreams or what prevented those dreams from materializing. We also tend to think of urbanization as a rather recent development and part of what fueled Frederick Jackson Turner s famous frontier thesis recognizes this presumption but have your students consider the colonial and early republic urban growth so that when they deal with twentieth century urbanization it is seen as a continuous process. 17: How the Other Half Lives 17: African American Mosaic Migrations african/afam 008.html 17: Still Livin Under the Bonds of Slavery 17: The Political Economy of Immigration 17: America moves to the City 18: Cultural Struggles of Industrial Capitalism 18: Immigration as a Cultural Problem 19: The Dramas of Haymarket 20: American Diplomacy Enters the Modern World 20: The Lure of the City 21: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire 23: The History of Mexican Americans in California: Revolution to Depression history/online_books/5views/5views5c.htm 23: The Urban Nation 31: The Impact of Immigration Working Americans: Considering working Americans allows your students to look at a wide variety of interrelated topics: the economy, the government, the competition between owners and workers, philosophies about wealth and poverty, and the development and evolution of labor unions. If you look at working Americans from this context, your students can then examine slavery (and various forms of enslavement) as an aspect of these topics. 17: How the Other Half Lives 17: African American Mosaic Migrations african/afam 008.html 17: Still Livin Under the Bonds of Slavery 17: The Industrial Working Class Comes of Age 17: Sharecropping Becomes Wage Labor 18: Cultural Struggles of Industrial Capitalism 19: Politics of Industrial Capitalism 19: Looking Backward 19: The Dramas of Haymarket 19: Discontent Among Workers 251

9 20: Taylorism and Scientific Management 20: The Cross of Gold Speech 20: Racial Prejudice 20: American Diplomacy Enters the Modern World 20: Feature: Where They Lived and Where They Worked: Pullman 21: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire 21: The Evolution of the Conservation Movement amrvhtml/conshome.html 21: The Urban Log Cabin 21: How the NAACP Began 22: Talking History 23: The 1920s: Society, Fads, and Daily Life 23: Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy ammem/coolhtml/coolhome.html 23: The Twenties 23: Harlem: Mecca of the New Negro 23: The History of Mexican Americans in California: Revolution to Depression history/online_books/5views/5views5c.htm 23: The Transformation of Work and the Workforce 23: The Urban Nation 24: Labor Unions during the Great Depression and the New Deal nd/pedu/features/timeline/depwwii/unions.html 24: The First New Deal 24: The Second New Deal 24: Crisis of the New Deal 25: Double Victory and 25: Organization for Production 26: The Challenge of Organized Labor 29: A New Crisis: Economic Decline 30: The Rehabilitation of Business 31: The History of Silicon Valley 31: Downsizing America Social history: This is a broad category and includes topics such as the evolution of the American family, gender realtions, sexual relations, art and culture, social class development. Because these aspects are so heavily influenced by the economy and the role of government, your students will be able to look at a very narrow topic but see how the other themes come into play. 17: The Gilded Age and the Titans of Industry carnegie/gildedage.html 17: A New Social Order 18: Cultural Struggles of Industrial Capitalism 18: Metropolitan Lives 18: Forms of Variety Theatre 18: The Varieties of Urban Culture 18: The Creation of High Culture 18: Artistic Realism Embraces Urban and Industrial America 18: The Elusive Boundaries of Male and Female 18: Feature: Jane Addams at College 19: Looking Backward 19: Middle Class Radicalism 19: Masculine Partisanship and Feminine Voluntarism 20: Taylorism and Scientific Management 252

10 21: The Evolution of the Conservation Movement amrvhtml/conshome.html 21: The Progressives 21: Progressives in State and Local Politics 21: Social Housekeeping 22: Talking History 23: The Twenties 23: The 1920s: Society, Fads, and Daily Life 23: Famous Trials in American History: Tennessee vs. John Scopes: The Monkey Trial umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes.htm 23: A Modern Culture 23: Feature: Flaming Youth on Campus 23: The Limits of the Modern Culture 23: A Modern Culture 24: The First New Deal 24: The Second New Deal 24: Crisis of the New Deal 25: Women in Industry 26: Readings in the 1950s 26: Opportunities for Women 27: Rebel Poets of the 1950s 27: Living the Good Life 27: Feature: The New Suburbs: Levittown, New York 27: A Homogeneous Society? 27: Challenges to the Consumer Society 27: Challenges to the Consumer Society 28: The History of NOW 28: The Liberal Opportunity 28: The American War in Vietnam 28: Implementing the Liberal Agenda 28: The Great Society Comes Apart 28: Feature: Focus on Youth: Indiana University Students in the 1960s 30: Feature: The Yuppies 30: A New Conservative Majority 30: Women s Rights and Abortion 31: The History of Silicon Valley 31: Contesting Women s Rights 31: Contesting Gay and Lesbian Rights Under-represented Americans fighting for civil and political rights: This thematic category includes political minorities, ethnic and racial minority groups (African Americans, American Indians, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, and others) as well as women and homosexuals. If the theme of the early twenty-first century is diversity your students may benefit from understanding that our nation has always been made up of diverse groups and that Americans of all generations have struggled with the notion of diversity even when they went to great lengths to ignore or eleminate it. 17: The Dakota Sioux Conflict of 1862: 17: African American Mosaic Migrations african/afam 008.html 17: Still Livin Under the Bonds of Slavery 17: Clearing the West for Capitalism 18: Cultural Struggles of Industrial Capitalism 253

11 18: The Women of the Gilded Age eng188/apallas/womenhp.html 19 Feature: Anarchists on Trial 20: Racial Prejudice 20: The Atlanta Compromise 20: Disfranchisement and the Decline of Popular Politics 20: The Philippine-American War 21: The Urban Log Cabin 21: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire 21: The Evolution of the Conservation Movement amrvhtml/conshome.html 21: How the NAACP Began 22: Talking History 22: The Red Scare 22: Over There 22: The Black Cloud in the East 23: The Twenties 23: Harlem: Mecca of the New Negro 23: The History of Mexican Americans in California: Revolution to Depression history/online_books/5views/5views5c.htm 23: The Limits of Modern Culture 24: We Have Got A Good Friend in John Collier: A Taos Pueblo Tries to Sell the Indian New Deal UserReferA24A66F5FFD82CB6BFDCC596 24: Feature: The Scottsboro Boys and a new Challenge to the White South 25: Rosie Pictures: Select Images Relating to American Women Workers During World War II 25: Japanese Internment, Camp Harmony harmony/exhibit/default.htm 25: Powers of Persuasion: Poster Art from World War II powers/powers/html 25: Double Victory and 25: Turning the Tide 25: Between Idealism and Fear 26: The Cold War 26: Readings in the 1950s 26: The Reconversion of American Society 26: Fighting the Cold War at Home 26: Feature: The Hollywood Ten 27: MLK Page 27: Rebel Poets of the 1950s 27: A Homogeneous Society? 27: Challenges to the Consumer Society 28: The Great Society Speech 28: The History of NOW 28: The Liberal Opportunity 28: Implementing the Liberal Agenda 28: Winning Civil Rights 28: The American War in Vietnam 28: The Great Society Comes Apart 28: Feature: Indiana University Students in the 1960s 29: The Wars of Vietnam: An Overview 29: May 4 Kent State 254

12 29: Refusing to Settle for Less: Struggles for Rights 29: Backlash: From Radical Action to Conservative Reaction 30: Reagan 30: A New Conservative Majority 30: The Battle over Conservative Social Issues 31: Struggles Over Diversity and Rights 31: Feature: America on Trail: The Simpson Criminal Trial 255