History 203: History of the United States

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History 203 History of the United States

• Spring 2007
• April 2, 2007

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Course Requirements

• A short paperDue April 30 or due May 23 (See
  syllabus for details.)
• Midterm ExamIn-class on May 7
• Attendance and assignments in discussion sections
• Final ExamTake-home or in-class--your choice.
  In-class exam is at 315 Monday, June 11. Take
  home is due at the start of the in-class exam or
  earlier.

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Readings

• Textbook John Murrin et al., Liberty, Equality,
  Power. Well read chapters 23-31 this term.
• Jeffrey Moran, ed., The Scopes Trial
• Karen R. Merrill, The Oil Crisis of 1973-1974
• Ken Ellingwood, Hard Line Life and Death on the
  Mexican Border
• For several weeks of the term, there will be
  brief documentary readings related to our
  biographical subject. These are on the web, with
  links from the appropriate dates on the syllabus.

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Class Sessions

• Before each class, you can link from the syllabus
  on the web to a PowerPoint and notes for the
  class session. Please bookmark the syllabus on
  your computerhttp//www.uoregon.edu/dapope/203s
  yllabus--sp07.htm
• The PowerPoint will have links and illustrations.
  The links are optional, but theyll take you to
  some interesting websites.
• The PowerPoints are meant to help your note
  taking, not to substitute for it.
• In my experience, Internet Explorer works better
  than other browsers for viewing the PowerPoints
  online.

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Course Themes

• A Society of Large-Scale OrganizationsDo
  Individuals Make a Difference
• The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again?) of Big
  Government
• Diversity and Dissent
• American Power in the World Its Nature, Limits
  and Dangers
• Image and Reality/ Image as Reality

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America and the Great War

• Why We Fought
• Ideals and Interests
• Making the world safe for democracy
• A War to End All Wars
• Stalemate in Europe
• German Submarine Warfare

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World War I Battle Deaths
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America and the Great War

• War, Education and Propaganda
• War is Gods way of Teaching Americans
  GeographyAmbrose Bierce, skeptic
• -- The Doughboys War
• -- Committee on Public Information
• -- War and Social Reform

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America and the Great War
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America and the Great War

• War and Civil Liberties
• Once lead this people into war and theyll
  forget there ever was such a thing as
  tolerance.The spirit of ruthless brutality will
  enter the very fiber of our national life.And
  every man who refuses to conform will have to pay
  the penalty.Woodrow Wilson, the night before he
  asked Congress to declare war, April 2, 1917.
• (But did he actually say this?)

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War and Civil Liberties

• Espionage and Sedition Acts
• Radicals under Attack
• NationalismSauerkraut becomes Liberty Cabbage

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Excerpts from Espionage and Sedition Acts

• Espionage Act, 1917 A crime "to convey false
  reports or false statements with intent to
  interfere with the operation or success of the
  military or naval forces of the United
  States...or attempt to cause insubordination,
  disloyalty, mutiny or refusal of
  duty...or...willfully obstruct recruiting or
  enlistment...."Sedition Act, 1918 A crime to
  "utter, print, write or publish any disloyal,
  profane, scurrilous or abusive language about the
  form of government of the United States, or the
  Constitution..., or the uniform of the Army or
  Navy,... or any language intended to...encourage
  resistance to the United States...."(Another
  1918 act provides for banning any immigrant who
  was an anarchist or believed in the violent
  overthrow of the American government and for
  arresting and deporting any alien who fit those
  categories.)
• (The Espionage Act is still on the books. Some
  want to expand it. See this article about an
  attempt last month http//www.rcfp.org/news/2007
  /0306-foi-senato.html )

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The Red Scare 1919-20
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Wars End or a 20-Year Truce?

• Armistice Nov. 11, 1918
• Paris Peace ConferenceVersailles Treaty
• A punitive peace and secret treaties
• Wilsons dreams defeated
• Senate Rejects Versailles Treaty and League of
  Nations

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