For today, read the Ziegler chapter (posted on Readings page on the blog) and Fink, ch. 15: docs. 4-6.
Using Ziegler plus at least two primary sources, answer the following question:
In your opinion, what was the most important change wrought by the war on the home front? Why?
Your response is due by Thursday, December 3rd at 11 am.
For today, please read Fink, ch. 15: docs. 1-3 and 7 and the essays by Karl, Kennedy, and Link.
Using at least two secondary essays and one primary source, answer the following question:
Why did the U.S. enter World War I?
Your response is due by Tuesday, December 1st at 11 am.
Come up with two discussion questions: one about Douglas Baynton’s article, “‘The Undesirability of Admitting Deaf Mutes,” and one about Stephen Meyer’s article, “Adapting the Immigrant to the Line,” (or one question that ties together the two articles).
Your response is due at 11 am on Tuesday, November 24th.
Note on the readings: Plessy v. Ferguson is included in ch. 10 of Fink, so I will not be posting it online.
Drawing on McGerr and at least two readings from ch. 10 in Fink, answer the following question:
Was the rise of Jim Crow and segregation in the North compatible with Progressivism, as McGerr suggests? Why or why not?
Your answer is due on Thursday, November 19th at 11 am.
As we have discussed, American workplaces were unusually dangerous during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, but policymakers and employers did relatively little to address these dangers. For instance, in 1907, a mine explosion killed 361 people in Monongah, West Virginia, but no reforms followed. Why do you think the Triangle Fire led to meaningful reforms in workplace safety? Your answer should use at least two sources within The Triangle Fire (e.g., primary sources and/or the introduction).
Your answer is due by Tuesday, November 17th at 11 am.
Using at least 2 readings (including at least one secondary source):
What do you think was the most important point of the readings for today? What was the muddiest or most confusing point (or reading)?
Your response is due by Thursday, November 12th, at 11 am.
Drawing on McGerr as well as at least two primary sources from The Triangle Fire and/or Fink, answer the following questions:
Did McGerr’s use of “mutualism” to describe Progressive Era labor reform and union organizing make sense to you? Why or why not?
Your response is due by Tuesday, November 10th at 11 am.
What made How the Other Half Lives such a successful call to arms on the part of the middle class? Your answer should draw on the text of How the Other Half Lives and the introductory material available on the blog Readings page.
Your response is due by Thursday, November 5th at 11 am.
Reading Assignments
Everyone should read p. 3-16 in the introduction to the Bedford edition (I will post these pages on the blog sometime this weekend) plus the introduction and chapter 1 of How the Other Half Lives (p. 59-68 in the Bedford edition).
Michelle & Stephanie: chapters 2-6
Kasey & Ashley: chapters 7-11
Chester & Gus: chapters 12-16
Krystle & Corey: chapters 17-21
Morgan, Shane, and Maria: chapters 22-appendix
Each group will be responsible for presenting a short summary of their chapters to the class, so keep track of key themes, telling examples, and puzzling points while you read. As usual, I’ll also post a blog question.
If you did not buy the book, the best online versions of it are: http://www.bartleby.com/208/ (fast interface but small pictures) or http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/immigration/outsidelink.html/http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:880973 (clunkier interface but bigger pictures). If you read it online, please bring a paper or electronic version of your chapters to class! It is critical you read an edition with the pictures.
Note on readings: there are a couple mistakes in your syllabus. Here is a corrected list of readings for Tuesday. FYI, the list of readings looks longer than it is. The Melosi essay is very short, and the Odem piece is also pretty short, as are the documents. I posted the Odem essay on the Readings page on the blog
Were Progressive reformers motivated by the desire to uplift or to control their fellow Americans? Your answer should draw on at least two secondary readings and at least one primary document.
Your response is due by Tuesday, November 3rd at 11 am.
Pick two of the four readings and briefly state the most important point and what you felt was the muddiest (most confusing) point.
Please post your responses by 12:15 pm on Thursday.
If you didn’t get to the blog question before class, you may instead answer the following questions by 5 pm on Saturday, October 31st.
How would you characterize the Progressives? What, if anything, do you find confusing about Progressive reform so far?
History 3328
For “U.S. History, 1876-1920,” Fall 2009.
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