Democratizing Twentieth Century America Course Syllabus 2009-2010

In this course you will examine the roots of various Twentieth Century political, social, economic and cultural reform movements. For each movement, you will answer a series of essential questions. Through these questions you will gain both a sense of historical context and an understanding of the tactics used by those who sought to bring about greater democracy and equality in the United States.

Essential Questions: Why Then? Why did the endeavor for this reform get underway when it did? What gains were won? What gains were sought but not won? If the reform was only partially achieved, what limited its attainment?


SEPTEMBER - Introduction to Mr. Copeland’s History Class

• Political Systems
• Economic Systems
• Political and Economic Ideological Spectrum
• World and U. S. Geography

Skills: Note taking, analysis of primary sources
Texts: Party Platforms of selected political parties, quotations from selected historic figures
Films: Excerpts from political roundtable discussions on various cable and PBS programs
Assessments: Quizzes, personal political/economic framework essay



OCTOBER - Democracy and Equality for Women

• The Right to Vote
• The Movement for Birth Control
• Industrialization
• World War I

Skills: content vocabulary usage, analysis of primary and secondary sources, argument development for a debate, logic and reasoning
Texts: The Twentieth Century (Zinn), Women’s America (Kerber, DeHart), Legislating Women’s Morals (Sanger), Comstock Law, Selected Handouts
Films: Iron Jawed Angels, Choices of the Heart
Assessments: Quizzes, Response Essay, Unit Exam, Reproductive Rights Debate



NOVEMBER – Labor Democratizes America

• The Progressive Era
• The Great Depression
• The New Deal
• The Red Scare

Skills: content vocabulary usage, SAT prep vocabulary usage in writing, analysis of primary and secondary sources, development of a written argument, determining appropriateness of evidence
Texts: The Twentieth Century (Zinn), Who Built America, Roosevelt and the New Deal, Selected Handouts
Films: Native Son, Grapes of Wrath, The Front, Roger and Me, Selected CUNY Documentaries
Assessments: Quizzes, Response Essay, Unit Exam



DECEMBER /JANUARY - Democracy and Equality for African Americans

• World War II
• The Cold War
• The Civil Rights Movement

Skills: vocabulary usage, SAT prep vocabulary usage in writing, analysis of primary and secondary sources, development of a written argument, determining appropriateness of evidence, organization in writing a formal, academic essay, presentation/power point, public speaking
Texts: The Twentieth Century (Zinn), Unfinished Journey (Chaffe), From Slavery to Freedom (Franklin), Movements of the New Left (Goss)
Films: Eyes on the Prize, Battle for America’s Schools, Selected CUNY Documentaries
Assessments: Quizzes, final exam, independent/group research project



FEBRUARY/MARCH – Democracy and Equality for Youth

• The Cold War
• Student Movement
• Anti-War Movement/Vietnam War
• Hippie Movement

Skills: vocabulary usage, SAT prep vocabulary usage in writing, analysis of primary and secondary sources, development of a written argument, determining appropriateness of evidence, discerning author bias
Texts: The Twentieth Century (Zinn), Unfinished Journey (Chaffe), The Children (Halberstam), Movements of the New Left (Goss)
Films: Two Days in October, Summer of Love, Selected CUNY Documentaries
Assessments: Quizzes, Unit Exam, Response Essay





MARCH/APRIL – Pluralistic America

• The Cold War
• Black Power Movement
• Latino Cultural Liberation
• Women’s Liberation
• American Indian Cultural Liberation
• Gay and Lesbian Liberation

Skills: vocabulary usage, SAT prep vocabulary usage in writing, analysis of primary and secondary sources, development of a written argument, determining appropriateness of evidence, discerning author bias
Texts: The Twentieth Century (Zinn), Unfinished Journey (Chaffe), The Children (Halberstam), Movements of the New Left (Goss), Stonewall (Duberman), Columbus to Castro (Williams)
Films: The Education of Sonny Carson, Malcolm X, Milk, Yo Soy Boriqua, Selected CUNY Documentaries
Assessments: quizzes, unit exam, group project and independent research paper



MAY/JUNE – Ronald Reagan and the Rise of the New Right

• Conservative Movement/1964/Barry Goldwater
• The Presidency of Ronal Reagan and Political Realignment of the South
• The Collapse of the Soviet Union

Skills: Analysis of primary and secondary sources, development of a written argument, determining appropriateness of evidence, discerning author bias
Texts: The Twentieth Century (Zinn), the Rise of Southern Republicans (Black), Unfinished Journey (Chaffe), The Conscience of a Liberal (Krugman)
Assessments: Quizzes, Final Exam, Group Presentation/Independent Research Project

Bill of Rights 1789 - present Final Exam Terms

Establishment Clause
Free Exercise Clause
Thomas Jefferson
WVA Board of Education v. Barnette
Minersville v. Gobitis
Felix Franfurter
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Hugo Black
New York State Board of Regents
Engle v. Vitale
Abington v. Schempp
Epperson v. Arkansas
Clarence Darrow
Butler Act
ACLU
William Jennings Bryan
balanced time
release time
Van Orden v. Perry
McCreary County, Kentucky v. ACLU Kentucky
Everson v. Board of Education
Zorach v. Clauson
Wisconsin v. Yoder
Welsh v. United States
Mueller v. Allen
McCollum v. Board of Education
Pierce v. Society of Sisters
Wallace v. Jaffree
Walz v. NYC Tax Commission
“benevolent neutrality”
“child benefit theory”
Excessive Entanglement Standard
Oregon v. Smith
Lemon v. Kurtzman
Compelling interest rule
Generally applicable law rule
McGowan v. Maryland (blue laws)
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris

United States Constitution
• Basic structure of
• First 10 amendments of
• Basic powers held by different branches of government
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Trial jury
Grand jury
14th amendment
Bill of Rights
due process
equal protection
civil liberties
judicial review
Dangerous Tendencies Test/Clear and Present Danger
Writ of certiorari


Barron v. Mayor of Baltimore
Hurtado v. California
Slaughterhouse Cases
Kelo v. New London
Earls v. Bd of Ed
Meyer v. Nebraska
Gitlow v. New York
Marbury v. Madison
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Schenk v. United States
Presser v. Illinois
Abrams v. United States

Bolshevic Revolution
Haymarket Uprising
IWW
Industrialization
Espionage Act
Revolutionary socialism
Earl Warren
“power of the purse”
Federalism
Federalist/anti-federalist
Electoral College
Constitutional Convention of 1787
separation of powers
John Locke
Declaration of Independence
checks and balances
amending process
House of Representatives
Senate
Articles of Confederation
Bill of Rights
Whiskey Rebellion
Shays’ Rebellion
New Jersey Plan
Virginia Plan
Connecticut Compromise
George Washington
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
Executive, legislative, judicial branches (major powers of each)
Framers of the Constitution
States rights/state sovereignty
Earl Warren/Major Justices

United States v. Santana
Terry v. Ohio
FISA court
PATRIOT ACT
Mapp v. Ohio
Weeks v. United States
Probable cause warrant
Roe v. Wade
Griswold v. United States
Writ of assistance
“hot pursuit”
Exclusionary rule
Planned Parenthood v. Casey
Lawrence v. Texas
Bowers v. Hardwick
Atkins v. Virginia
Furman v. Georgia
Gregg v. Georgia
Miranda v. Arizona
Powell v. Alabama
Gideon v. Wainwright
Stanford v. Kentucky
Bakke v. California
warrant
Earls v. Board of Ed
probable cause
inevitable discovery discovery

Democratizing 20th Century America

Read Zinn

Identify each term with a quote

Honeywell Corp
Survey Research Center of History poll
Angela Davis, Black Panthers
Watergate
Security and Exchange Commission
Corporate Influence in politics
ARAMCO
Robert McNamara
Vietnam War

Bill of Right Case Links

http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1960/1960_236/

http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1964/1964_496/

http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2002/2002_02_102/

http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1971/1971_70_18/

http://www.oyez.org/cases/1901-1939/1932/1932_98/

http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1965/1965_759/

for each of the links above, list the facts of the case, constitutional question, holding and rationale, and your opinion.

Announcement About Exam Date

Hey folks. I posted this stuff kind of late. We will finish the films we started on Monday and Tuesday and we will take the test on Wednesday so people have more time to prepare.

The test is multiple choice, matching and a few short answers.

Please make sure you review the following readings

Bill of Rights:

Freedom of Expression: Religion (handout)
Supremes' Greatest Hits (Chap 2)
The First Amendment: Freedom of--and from--Religion (handout)
Notes From Jesus Camp
Oregon v. Smith (handout)

Democratizing 20th Century

(readings are listed on your revie sheet)

Bill of Rights Review Sheet

Establishment Clause
Free Exercise Clause
Thomas Jefferson
WVA Board of Education v. Barnette
Minersville v. Gobitis
Felix Franfurter
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Hugo Black
New York State Board of Regents
Engle v. Vitale
Abington v. Schempp
Epperson v. Arkansas
Clarence Darrow
Butler Act
ACLU
William Jennings Bryan
balanced time
release time
Van Orden v. Perry
McCreary County, Kentucky v. ACLU Kentucky
Everson v. Board of Education
Zorach v. Clauson
Wisconsin v. Yoder
Welsh v. United States
Mueller v. Allen
McCollum v. Board of Education
Pierce v. Society of Sisters
Wallace v. Jaffree
Walz v. NYC Tax Commission
“benevolent neutrality”
“child benefit theory”
Excessive Entanglement Standard
Oregon v. Smith
Lemon v. Kurtzman
Compelling interest rule
Generally applicable law rule
McGowan v. Maryland (blue laws)
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris

Democratizing 20th Century Review Sheet

Contemporary Puerto Rico:

New Deal/Depression
Monroe Doctrine
Pedro Albizo Campos
Puerto Rican Young Lords
Nationalist Party
U. S. Intervention in Latin America
Foraker Act
Jones Act
centrales
Puerto Rican economy
Puerto Rican economic relationship w/U. S.
tariff
labor unions/labor movement
Progressive Era
Puerto Rican Statehood
Operation Bootstrap
Luis Munoz/PPD
Puerto Rican Constitution
Puerto Rican Federal Relations Act
Puerto Rico post establishment of commonwealth status

Zinn and Goss:

Women's Liberation
Red Power
Alcatraz Island
New Right
Roe v. Wade
Betty Friedan
ERA
Poor Black Woman
UFW
Our Bodies, Ourselves
NYRW
Election of 1968
Civil Rights Act 1964/Title VII, Voting Rights Act 1965, Civil Rights Act 1968
“Consciousness Raising”
Prison uprisings 1970s
Weathermen

Newsweek, Who We are Now

Lyndon Johnson
Nationality Act
majority-minority
Richard Nixon’s silent majority
Jamestown, Virginia 1619
Waves of U. S. immigration
impact of Marshall Plan on immigration
Nativism
Henry Cabot Lodge
McCarran-Walter Act

Also review notes of class lectures.