HIST 1302 Course Guide

Textbook

Created Equal by Jacqueline A. Jones; Peter H. Wood; Thomas Borstelmann; Elaine Tyler May; Vicki L. Ruiz
ISBN: 9780205899548

Publication Date: 2013-07-19

Taking an inclusive view of American history, Created Equal emphasizes the struggles for equality experienced by diverse groups of Americans across the many regions of the nation. With a steadfast chronological framework, and a strong narrative thread, the authors offer a fresh and critical perspective on the traditional story.

Vocabulary

Reconstruction - Gilded Age

Consolidating a Triumphant Union, 1865-1877
Standardizing the Nation: Innovations in technology, Business, and Culture, 1877-1890
Challenges to Government and Corporate Power, 1877-1890

Turn of the Century - World War I

Political and Cultural Conflict in a Decade of Depression and War: The 1890s
Vision of the Modern Nation: The Progressive Era, 1900-1912
War and Revolution, 1912-1920

Roaring 20s - World War II

All that Jazz: The 1920s
Hardship and Hope: The Great Depression of the 1930s
Global Conflict: World War II, 1937-1945

Cold War - Vietnam

Cold War and Hot War, 1945-1953
Domestic Dreams and Atomic Nightmares, 1953-1963
The Nation Divides: The Vietnam War and Social Conflict, 1964-1971

1970s - Present

Reconsidering National Priorities, 1972-1979
The Cold War Returns -- and Ends, 1979-1991
Post-Cold War America, 1991 - 2000
A Global Nation in the New Millennium

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