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• If you are registered in History 1116 and have not received this information by May 14, contact kjwj@vt.edu

Course Description: This course is a problems-based approach to U.S. history. Using online readings and documents, students will explore issues such as the settling of the West, the treatment of immigrants, the development of workplace regulations, the decision to drop the atomic bomb, and how history will treat Richard Nixon.

To demonstrate their familiarity with the material, students will write short homework assignments based on the readings, take diagnostic multiple choice quizzes geared to the textbook, write several 2-3 page essay exams, and participate in online discussions.

Textbooks needed for Maymester, 2001

Boyer, et.al., The Enduring Vision, brief edition
Bell, Out of This Furnace
Moody, Coming of Age in Mississippi

All textbooks are available at the University Bookstore.

Additional readings will be available online.

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All pages connected to this course © 1999, Kathleen W. Jones
last updated April, 2001

Picture Credits:

"Uncle Sam Wants You" World War II recruiting poster. Source: American Treasures in the Library of Congress