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Course Syllabus

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1: What is History?

2: The World We Live In

3: The Most Important Countries

4: Seeing the World in Terms of Cultural Blocks

5: Seeing the World in Terms of Cultural Blocks, Continued

6: An America-Centric World

7: The Unipolar Moment, Part 1

8: The Unipolar Moment, Part 2

9: From Independence to Interconnection, Part 1

10: American Independence

11: American Independence, Continued

12: Independence, Neutrality, and Political Separation

13: Interconnection Begins

14: The Period of Political Separation

15: World War I and After

16: World War II

17: The Truman Doctrine

18: America as World Police Power

19: The Cold War

20: The War on Terror

21: Homework Review and Test Preparation

22: What is a "Social Contract"?

23: The American Social Contract Today

24: "The Wobble", Part 1

25: "The Wobble", Part 2

26: America's Colonial Social Contract

27: The First American Wobble

28: Natural Rights AND ...

29: Building a Country of Rights (and Slavery)

30: The Early History of Compromise

31: The Early History of Compromise, Part 2

32: Abolitionism

33: Abolitionism, Part 2

34: The Wobble (that led to the Civil War)

35: The Civil War

36: Reconstruction, Part 1

37: Reconstruction, Part 2

38: Democratization Begins

39: The Right to Vote, Part 1

40: The Right to Vote, Part 2

41: The Civil Rights Movement

42: From Democracy to Socialism, Part 1

43: From Democracy to Socialism, Part 2

44: Homework Review and Test Preparation

45: What About Equality? Part 1

46: What About Equality? Part 2

47: Introduction to "America and its Neighbors"

48: Western Civilization

49: Western Civilization, Part 2

50: Ancient Roots, Part 1

51: Ancient Roots, Part 2

52: The Rise of the Europe of Nations

53: And Then There Were Four

54: The Origin of Modern Mexico

55: Mexico and the Iberosphere

56: The Bolivarian Iberosphere

57: The Post-Imperial Anglosphere

58: The Creation of Canada

59: Modern Canada (and the Anglosphere)

60: The World Wars and the West

61: The West Since the World Wars

62: What If There Were No Nations?

63: Test Preparation Class

64: Putting It Together

65: Putting It Together, Part 2

66: Introduction to the Story of Technology

67: Organizing the History of Technology

68: The Four Chapters

69: Pre-Industrial Life

70: The Age of Steam, Part 1

71: The Age of Steam, Part 2

72: The Second Power Revolution, Part 1

73: The Second Power Revolution, Part 2

74: Industrial Food Production

75: Superabundance and the Quest for Super-Health

76: Industrial Medicine

77: The Advanced Industrial Age

78: Human Life Expectancy

79: Social Responses to Industrialization, Part 1

80: Social Responses to Industrialization, Part 2

81: Timelining

82: Test Prep Review

83: Introduction to Political Economy

84: Modern Socialism, Part 1

85: Modern Socialism, Part 2

86: The Political Economy of the American Revolution

87: The "American System" of Political Economy

88: The "American System" of Political Economy, Part 2

89: Political Economy Until the Civil War

90: Industrialization and Political Economy

91: Industrialization and Political Economy, Part 2

92: Industrialization and Political Economy, Part 3

93: The Roaring Twenties

94: The Great Depression and the New Deal

95: The "Great Society" Mixed Economy

96: The Mixed Economy Today

97: Trillions and Trillions!

98: Test Preparation

99: Putting it All Together

100: Conclusion and Preview