Module Two

 

For this module you will want to read chapters twenty through twenty-two of The American Promise.  At the Blackboard site there are corresponding objective quizzes for the readings.  Make sure you take them by the end of the module.  If you decide to take the module exam, review the study guide and do so during the required period of time.

 

·         Work in the late-nineteenth century

·         Wizard of Oz: fantasy or reality?

·         The Gilded Age: episodes 14-18 (28:42)

·         Crucible of Empire: The Spanish-American War: (watch from 54:12 to end)

·         Western Federation of Miners

·         Cripple Creek

·         A tale of two amendments

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·         Ken Burns’ The National Parks: Americas Best Idea, “The Scripture of Nature (1851-1890)” (episodes 10-19 (30:30) and 33-39 (18:42) and

·         “The Last Refuge (1890-1915)” (episodes 22-27 (13:13), 31-33 (11:01), and 42-47 (17:25)

·         Theodore Roosevelt, Gifford Pinchot, and John Muir

·         Muckrakers

·         Panama Canal

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·         Stanley Kubrick’s Paths of Glory (5:07)

·         The Great War: Stalemate on the Western Front (6:47), Zimmerman Telegram (8:43) African-Americans in World War 1, (11:05) Treaty of Versailles (7:02), Race Riots After World War 1 (8:00), and Wilson's Decline (7:46)

·         The Great Migration

·         CBS’s 60 Minutes: Tulsa Burning (13:56)

·         Palmer, Hoover, and the Red Scare

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Gary Gerstle is Paul Mellon Professor of American History at the University of Cambridge.  He examines the “The Progressive Era,” presented by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

 

 

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