To review and analyze the events in American history from the Reconstruction Era after the Civil War to the present. The intent will be to explore how the past has influenced the present situation in the United States.
Discussion is encouraged.
Students are expected to have read the assignment for that day, and are expected to raise questions over the material in those readings or over material covered in previous classes. We will look at approximately one chapter in the text each week. On each Wednesday, the assignment for the next week will be announced. Further, it is your responsibility to notify Classroom Support Services that you are in this class so that the necessary accommodations can be made. Each quiz will be worth 20 points and there will be at least 10 quizzes, allowing the instructor to drop the lowest two quiz scores when computing the final grade.