The Century Video Note Outlines

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1 The Century Video Note Outlines 1. The Seeds of Change : America at the Turn of the Century a. Immigration i. Things pushing people out of Europe: ii. Things pulling European immigrants to America: iii. The nations the European immigrants left: iv. The immigrants journey: v. Working conditions in America: vi. Life in America s cities (like New York): b. Technological Innovation i. Telephone: ii. Electric Light: iii. The Wright Brothers: iv. Automobiles: c. Industrialization: The Experiences of the Workers i. Safety: ii. Unions/Workers Rights: iii. Hours/Wages: iv. Child Labor: v. Fire at the Triangle Shirt Waist Co.: d. Social Reform Movements i. Progressives: ii. Women s Rights/Suffrage Movement: iii. African-American Rights: iv. Segregation: v. Jim Crow Laws: vi. Abuse of African-Americans: vii. Booker T. Washington: viii. W.E.B. Du Bois: e. Life in America i. Rural (country) Life: ii. Urban (city) Life: iii. Mass Entertainment: iv. Mass Culture: f. A New American Empire i. The Spanish-American War i. USS Maine: ii. President William McKinley: iii. Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt:

2 iv. The Spoils of War : ii. The Beginnings of US Empire i. Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt: ii. The Panama Canal: iii. Meanwhile, in Europe i. Germany: ii. Britain: iii. The Assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand: 2. Shell Shock : World War One a. The sinking of the Lusitania: b. Causes of the War i. European Colonial Competition: c. Pre-War Expectations vs. the Reality of the War i. Pre-War Excitement in Europe: ii. New Technology: iii. Massacre of the Innocents : d. Life in America during the first Years of the War i. Isolationism: ii. The Model T : iii. Entertainment: iv. The Romantic view of War: v. Propaganda: vi. War Profiteering: vii. Labor Shortages at Home in America: viii. America Prepares for War: e. The Great War (aka: the War to End War) i. The War Spreads: ii. Trench Warfare/War of Attrition: iii. The Industrialization of War: iv. Death: v. New Weapons (the fruits fruits of modernity): vi. Human Weapons go Over the Top : vii. Battle of the Somme: viii. The Russian Revolution: f. US Involvement in the War i. The US is Dragged In: ii. President Woodrow Wilson: iii. Early American Excitement: iv. The Ugly Realities of War: v. Germany s Last-Ditch Effort: g. The End of the War

3 i. The German Kaiser: ii. Americans Return Home: iii. European Nations in Ruin: iv. The Death Toll: v. The Human Side-Effects /Shell Shock: vi. The Treaty: 3. Boom-to-Bust : The Roaring Twenties to the Great Depression a. Prohibition i. The 18 th Amendment: ii. Speakeasies : iii. Increased crime: b. The City: Home of the Modern i. Skyscrapers: ii. Population shift (to the cities): iii. New York s streets: iv. The wealthy life (high culture): v. Jazz: vi. The Harlem Renaissance: vii. The Lower East Side (low culture, the immigrant experience): c. 1920s Rural America i. The pace of life: ii. Reactions to changes in urban culture, fear of it affecting rural life: iii. The foundations of rural life: iv. The Scopes Trial : d. The Impact of Science and Technology i. Electricity: ii. Automobiles: iii. Advertising: iv. The radio: v. Mass culture: e. Women in the Twenties i. The 19 th Amendment: ii. Changes in women s attitudes and actions: iii. Flappers/Vamps: f. Intolerance i. Causes/excuses: ii. The Ku Klux Klan: g. Popular Culture/Entertainment/Heroes i. Sports/Babe Ruth: ii. Charles Lindberg: iii. Admiral Byrd:

4 h. From Optimism and Prosperity to Depression i. President Herbert Hoover: ii. The Stock Market in good times: iii. The Stock Market in bad times: iv. A lack of social safety nets: v. Despair: 4. Stormy Weather : The Great Depression a. The Great Depression in America i. The Bonus Army : ii. Mental depression/uncertainty/panic: iii. The plight of small businesses: iv. The plight of big businesses: v. The extent of the economic depression: vi. Bank failures: vii. Bankruptcies: viii. The role of the federal government at the start of the depression: ix. Escaping the depression through mass entertainment: x. The Dust Bowl: xi. Westward migration: xii. Hobos: xiii. Desperation leads to political radicalism: b. In Germany, the rise of Hitler: c. Back in America i. FDR s promise: ii. FDR s fire-side chats: iii. FDR s programs to help America: iv. Labor unions and their strikes: v. Huey Long: vi. Public works projects: d. Back in Germany, Hitler again: 5. Over the Edge : World War II s Causes and Beginning a. The Lead-Up to War i Berlin Olympics: ii. FDR and the impact of radio: iii. Hitler s speaking ability: iv. Book burnings: v. Mein Kampf : b. Beginnings of the Holocaust i. The death of democracy in Germany: ii. Concentration camps:

5 iii. The Nazi s Jewish situation : iv. Aryanism: v. Nuremberg racial laws: c. Nazi Aggression and Western Appeasement i. Nazi annexation of Austria: ii. Western nations worry: iii. The Spanish Civil War: iv. Germany demands the Sudetenland: v. The policy of appeasement : vi. Kristallnacht: vii. Nazis take all of Czechoslovakia: viii. Germany invades Poland: ix. Germany invades France: x. Germany threatens the United Kingdom/Great Britain/England: d. The Response of the United States i. Isolationism: ii. Jews try to escape to North America: iii. The US helps arm the UK and France: iv. The Lend-Lease program: v. The US begins to prepare for war: 6. Home Front : WWII at Home and Abroad a. The US is Forced into the War i. Pearl Harbor: ii. The US declares war: iii. The first battles go badly: b. Fighting the War from the Home Front i. FDR s call for citizen support of the war: ii. The auto industry shifts: iii. Women go to work: iv. Attitudes about women at work change: v. The war effort at home: vi. Propaganda: vii. War bonds: viii. Rationing: ix. American attitudes toward the Japanese: x. The internment of Japanese Americans: xi. Changes in life at home: xii. War movies: xiii. playing war: xiv. The loss of family/friends/neighbors:

6 c. The US Helps the Allies win the War i. D-Day: ii. The liberation of Paris/France: iii. The death of Roosevelt: iv. Truman: v. V-E Day: vi. Island-Hopping to Japan: vii. Should we invade Japan?: viii. The Enola Gay : ix. The bomb : x. Hiroshima & Nagasaki: xi. The Japanese surrender: 7. The Best Years : Post-War America a. Origins of the Cold War i. Churchill s Iron Curtain speech: ii. The US finds itself as the protector of the free world: b. The Post-War Economic Boom i. GIs return home: ii. The GI Bill of Rights: iii. Jobs (men return to the factories): iv. The booming US economy: v. Suburbia/Levittown: vi. Limitless optimism: vii. The Baby Boom: viii. Women return to the home: c. Post-War Civil Rights Issues i. Black soldiers return to discrimination: ii. Truman desegregates the federal government and the armed forces: iii. Jackie Robinson and the desegregation of baseball: iv. The greatest time???: v. not for some: d. Escalation of Events in the Early Cold War i. The Soviets take control of Eastern Europe: ii. The end of US isolationism: iii. US occupation of Japan: iv. US occupation of Germany: v. A divided Europe: vi. Post-War Europe s struggle: vii. The US s Marshall Plan: viii. Soviet satellite nations behind the Iron Curtain: ix. Berlin, Germany:

7 x. Soviet treatment of East Germans: xi. A divided Berlin and Germany: xii. The Berlin Blockade: xiii. The Berlin Airlift: xiv. The Soviets get the bomb : xv. China goes communist: xvi. The Korean War: xvii. Korea as the forgotten war : e. The Cold War at Home: The Second Red Scare i. The Red Scare: ii. Julius and Ethyl Rosenberg: iii. Senator Joseph McCarthy: iv. The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC): v. Black-listing: 8. Happy Days : Scratching the Surface of the Supposedly Best Years (1950s) a. The End of the Korean War i. Reaching a truce: b. Post-WWII America: Domestic Changes and Challenges i. Eisenhower ( Ike ): ii. 1950s prosperity: iii. A new consumer society: iv. 1950s conformity: v. Women at home: vi. Suburbia and stability: vii. The baby boom : viii. Consumerism (keeping up with the Joneses): ix. Television/advertising: x. Hugh Hefner: xi. Rock-n-Roll/Elvis: xii. The Beat movement: xiii. America s fascination with the automobile: xiv. The Charles Van Dorn controversy: c. Post-WWII Civil Rights Issues i. The issues facing blacks: ii. Rosa Parks: iii. Martin Luther King Jr.: iv. The Montgomery Bus Boycott: v. Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka Kansas: vi. School integration (desegregation): vii. The Little Rock Nine :

8 d. The Cold War Continues i. The Hungarian Revolt: ii. The Arms Race : iii. The Space Race : 9. Poisoned Dreams : Hope Turns to Tragedy in the Early 1960s a. The Civil Rights Movement (Part I) i. Lunch counter sit-ins: ii. The civil rights movement: b. The Presidency of John F. Kennedy (Part I) i. The 1960 election (JFK vs. Nixon): ii. Youth participation at home and abroad: iii. The Space Race continues: iv. The Bay of Pigs incident: v. The Berlin Wall: vi. Nuclear fears: vii. The Cuban Missile Crisis: viii. Brinksmanship: c. The Civil Rights Movement (Part II) i. Segregation: ii. Albany, Georgia: iii. Birmingham, Alabama: iv. The March on Washington: v. I have a dream : d. The Presidency of JFK (Part II): i. The Peace Corps: ii. The US gets involved in Vietnam: iii. The Domino Theory : iv. The Camelot image: v. Assassination (11/22/63): 10. America Unpinned : Tensions and Conflicts Divide America a. The Counter Culture i. Freedom Summer: ii. The Rolling Stones: iii. The Counter Culture: iv. The Women s liberation movement: b. The Anti-Vietnam War movement: c. The Civil Rights Movement continues and divides i. Mississippi voter registration drive:

9 ii. Goodman, Schwerner, and Cheney: iii. The (Berkeley) Free Speech movement: iv. Selma: v. The march to Montgomery: vi. The Voting Rights act of 1966: vii. Malcolm X: viii. The Black Panthers: ix. Race riots: x. MLK assassinated: d. Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) and Vietnam: i. Escalation: ii. Early battles show how bad the war will go: e. LBJ s Great Society: f. Vietnam again: i. A war of attrition: ii. Search and Destroy missions: iii. Khe San: iv. The Tet Offensive: g. Back home i. LBJ doesn t seek another term: ii. Robert (Bobby) Kennedy assassinated: iii. The 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago: 11. Approaching the Apocalypse : A Divided America on the Brink a. 1 st Moon Landing: b. Nixon and the Two Americas i. Left/Liberal America i. Inauguration protests: ii. Easy Rider : iii. Campus demonstrations/kent State University: ii. Conservative America/the Right i. Nixon: ii. Pat Buchanan: iii. Spiro Agnew: iv. Hard Hats : iii. Attica: c. The Later Vietnam War i. Peace with Honor : ii. How US soldiers saw the war: iii. How the Vietnamese saw the war: iv. How Americans at home saw the war:

10 d. Détente i. Nixon s trip to China/Beijing: ii. Nixon s trip to the USSR/Moscow: e. End of the Vietnam War i. Bombing of Hanoi: ii. American POWs (Prisoners Of War): iii. Soldiers return home: iv. South Vietnam falls to the communists: f. The Fall of Nixon i. The Watergate scandal: ii. Nixon s resignation: 12. Starting Over : 1970s America in a Malaise a. The Late 1970s i. Bicentennial: ii. Separate paths to rebuilding America: iii. Jimmy Carter: iv. Voter apathy: v. Disco-Mania!: vi. The me decade: b. The Carter Administration I i. Winter 77: ii. Energy crisis: iii. Economic competition from overseas: iv. The automobile industry: v. Detroit: vi. Love Canal: vii. Forced school integration and busing in South Boston: c. Conservative s Fight against Abortion, Feminism, Gay Rights, etc i. Mosconi/Milke assassinations: ii. The Christian March on Washington: iii. The Moral Majority : d. The Carter Administration II i. Iranian revolution: ii. Three-Mile Island: iii. OPEC embargo/gas shortages: iv. Carter s Malaise speech: v. Iranian hostage crisis: vi Olympic games: vii. The 1980 election:

11 13. A New World : America in the 1980s a. The legacy of the Vietnam War/the Vietnam War Memorial: b. The Reagan Administration i. Reagan s outlook: ii. Assassination attempt: iii. Economic recession: iv. Urban (city) decay: v. Crack cocaine: vi. The Roaring 80s a. Deregulation: b. Wall Street: c. Hostile takeovers: ii. The Space Shuttle: iii. Computers: iv. MTV: v. Televangelists: vi. HIV/AIDS: vii. Escalating the he Cold War in the 1980s a. Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs): b. Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI): c. Nicaragua and Grenada: d. Arms build-up: viii. Terrorism (TWA flight 847): ix. The Iran-Contra Scandal: x. Wall Street s Black Tuesday : xi. Mikhail Gorbachev and the Soviet Union a. Glasnost: b. Perestroika: c. US/USSR negotiations: xii. China: Tiananmen Square protests: xiii. Eastern Europe: xiv. Fall of the Berlin Wall: