M04 Learning Objectives and Content

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

• Describe the ongoing development of an urban industrial society and a corporate-capitalist economy out of a rural, agrarian past. 
  
  • List ways in which rural America responded to economic and technological changes.
  • Describe ways in which big business contributed to economic growth and economic instability.
  • Compare and contrast changes in demographic patterns and explain its impact on U.S. American society.
• Trace and analyze the ride of reform and social movements. 
  
  • Identify the nation's struggle to maintain democratic order in an urban and industrial age.
  • Recall the milestone events of the reform and social movements.
• Evaluate the expanding role of the United States in global affairs, from the Civil War to the present.
  • Compare and contrast the major foreign policy pronouncements that influenced U.S. policies.
  • Evaluate the extent to which the U.S. continues to experience dilemmas in its international relationships.
  • Identify the emerging transnational networks of communication, trade, investment, and moral reform and how it helped the U.S. become a great power.
• Trace the expanding role of government in U.S. American society from the Civil War to the present.
  • Describe the debate over the appropriate role of government.
  • Identify how ideological shifts have affected government policies in dealing with economic, political, and social needs of the American people.
  • Describe the different political, economic, and social perspectives of they key political parties.
  • Analyze the goals, styles, achievements, and limitations of presidential administrations.
• Define the transformation of the patterns of everyday life: the emergence of mass culture, religious, intellectual, artistic, and scientific developments, and a pluralistic national culture.
  • Identify periods of prosperity, technological change, and business expansion and how these developments shaped America's national character.
  • Describe efforts to whip up patriotic feelings during times of war and assess the effectiveness and consequences of such actions.
• Reflect on U.S. American historical issues and themes and form coherent, defensible interpretations about their domestic and global impact.
  • Explain how the nation coped with the needs and demands of diverse groups in the quest for a better society.
  • Describe how diverse peoples have come together due to the tension they faced
  • Identity economic, political, religious, and social change and how these have shaped the country.
  • Explain how global events and trends have shaped the United States and the impact America had on the rest of the world.

Here is the content for this module:

• Go over everything in Learning Materials
  • Read: The Jazz Age (1919-1929)
  • Read: The Great Depression (1929-1932)
  • Read: "Essay No. 2 - Reading and Writing Prompts"
• Read and Participate in M04: Discussion 4 activities
• Submit Graded Assignments
  • M04: Discussion 4 (be sure to respond to the discussion prompt(s) and respond to at least 1 (one) classmate's discussion response)
  • M04: Quiz The Jazz Age (1919-1929)
  • M04: Quiz The Great Depression (1929-1932)
  • Submit Essay No. 2
  • Submit Exam No. 2 (over Modules 3 and 4)