UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

I. THE RECONSTRUCTION OF AMERICAN SOCIETY, 1865-1920s	Week of
1. Reconstructing the Nation	Jan 22-26
2. The "New South"? Promises and Propaganda	Jan 22-26
3. Which "Old West" and Whose?	Jan 29-Feb 2
4. The Gilded Age and the Politics of Corruption	Jan 29-Feb 2
5. Businessmen and "That Creature" the Corporation	Feb 5-9
6. The Social Philosophy of American Businessmen	Feb 5-9
7. Labor and the Workers’ Search for Power	Feb 12-16
8. Foreign Immigrants in Industrial America	Feb 12-16
9. The Great Migration: Blacks in White America	Feb 19-23
10. How Ya’ Gonna’ Keep ‘Em Down on the Farm?: Populism	Feb 19-23
11. The Dawn of Liberalism: Progressivism	Feb 26-Mar 2
12. The Policeman of the World	Feb 26-Mar 2
13. Roosevelt, Wilson, and the Morality of Power	Mar 5-9
14. Feminism, Women, and Sex in Progressive America	Mar 5-9

MIDTERM EXAMINATION March 8th (In Class, evening)	Mar 5-9

II. THE REORDERING OF AMERICAN SOCIETY, 1890s-1940s
15. The Politics of Prosperity: the 1920s	Mar 12-16
16. The Politics of Frustration: the 1920s	Mar 12-16
17. The Politics of Prohibition: the 1920s (not available this semester)
18. Crashing Hopes: The Great Depression	Mar 19-23
19. Liberalism at High Noon: The New Deal	Mar 19-23
20. "Dr. New Deal" Becomes "Dr. Win-the-War"	Mar 26-30
21. World War II: The Impact at Home	Mar 26-30

*** * * * * SPRING BREAK, MARCH 31-APRIL 8 * * * * ***

22. From New Deal to Fair Deal: New Game?	Apr 9-13
III. THE REDIRECTION OF AMERICAN SOCIETY, 1940s-PRESENT
23. The Coils of Cold War	Apr 9-13
24. The 1950s: The Cold War and the Affluent Society	Apr 16-20
25. Eisenhower and Kennedy	Apr 16-20
26. Civil Rights in an Uncivil Society	Apr 23-27
27. The Almost Great Society: The 1960s	Apr 23-27
28. The Asian Connection: The Road to Vietnam	Apr 30-May 4
29. The Twilight of Liberalism: The Nixon Years	Apr 30-May 4
30. America Sinking Through a Watergate: The Crisis of the Modern Presidency	May 7-11

FINAL EXAMINATION: ROOM TBA, SUNDAY MAY 13, 10:05 A.M.	May 13