U.S. History is long and complicated. In this class, which is part of a 12 part series, we will delve into American History at the turn of the twentieth century. We will take a look at the impact of immigration and industrialization during the Gilded Age and how it shaped the countries population and policies. We will explore the impact of government policies in the West on Native Americans with the increase of westward migration. We will walk through the various social movements that were growing in numbers and power and how they impacted daily life for different groups of people. 

 It is not required to take each course in order or to take all 12 parts. 

Topics covered will be: 

1. Workers rise and strike; Growth of labor unrest; The Rise of Inequality and the growth of the upper class
2. The Labor Movement; Haymarket Riot; Pullman Railway Strike
3. The Populist Movement and rise of workers rights
4. Rise of the Socialist movement
5. Post-Civil War Westward Migration; Native American oppression; Treaty of For Laramie; Battle of Little Big Horn and impact of U.S. Military in the West
6. Conflict and violence in the west; Migration and railroads expanding into Native American land
7. The Allotment Era; Massacres and military influence in the North and the Northwest
8. Rodeos, Wild West Shows and the rise of the Mythic American West; the impact of "Western Culture"
9. Rise of industrialization, immigration, technology, and urbanization in the late 1800's
10. Life in the American South; Impact of sharecropping culture; Racism and violence in the Jim Crow South
11. Turning of the century and the rise of gender rights, religion, the temperance movement, and unions
12. American intervention on the international stage; The Spanish-American War
13. Theodore Roosevelt and American Imperialism in the Twentieth Century
14. Immigration and impact on policy and industrialization; The change of the American landscape
15. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire; The fight for workers and women's rights; 
16. The breakup of big trusts; the rise of Environmentalism; Segregation, racism, and Jim Crow; Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois



2023-2024 Schedule - A Full Year of History - Parts 1 to 3: Tuesdays 9am PST
 
Part 1 - August 29 - November 7 https://outschool.com/classes/the-age-of-exploration-us-history-part-1-pNKFiuVb?sectionUid=a3e1a91b-eb3f-4a00-ae22-d28fbf87d8d5&showDetails=true

Part 2 November 14 - February 20 https://outschool.com/classes/the-colonial-era-in-north-america-us-history-part-2-N5Rb7D4S?sectionUid=be53cd7f-c220-44ed-8d9a-08b7115f6f47&showDetails=true

Part 3 March 5 - May 14 https://outschool.com/classes/the-american-revolution-us-history-part-3-xTdB9tHL?sectionUid=cefbc317-f550-4cc7-bc42-9a8d6cca1e6f&showDetails=true


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2023-2024 Schedule - A Full Year of History - Parts 4 to 6: Tuesdays 8am PST

Part 4 - August 19 - November 28 https://outschool.com/classes/us-history-1780-1825-part-4-kRRAzKnW?sectionUid=698e50b4-eba6-436b-8db6-1f6dfa6cba29&showDetails=true

Part 5 - December 5 - February 20 https://outschool.com/classes/us-history-1800-1860-pre-civil-war-part-5-IJLNKjve?sectionUid=44cb64b1-db29-4c42-8c1d-9efc19dec5ac&showDetails=true

Part 6 - March 5 - June 4 https://outschool.com/classes/us-history-part-6-westward-expansion-QZJVQaN4?sectionUid=fc683527-8e2e-4094-aea6-c2e78a4fb7e3&showDetails=true


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2023-2024 Schedule - A Full Year of History - Parts 7 to 8: Monday 12pm PST 

Part 7 -  August 29 - January 8
https://outschool.com/classes/the-american-civil-war-us-history-part-7-rh6I3bkR


Part 8 -  January 14 - May 20 
https://outschool.com/classes/the-gilded-age-and-the-progressive-era-us-history-part-8-SvzqIbu0