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Official Course
Description: MCCCD Approval: 5-2424-1994 |
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HIS135
2010 Summer I - 9999 |
LEC
3.0 Credit(s) 3.0 Period(s) 3.0 Load Acad |
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Military
History of the Southwest |
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Examines the various elements and aspects of the
development of the military frontier in the southwest, from the Spanish
conquest to 1920. Emphasis on Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas. Prerequisites: None. Course
Attribute(s): General Education Designation: H |
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MCCCD
Official Course Competencies: |
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HIS135 2010
Summer I - 9999 |
Military History of the Southwest |
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Describe the
major military aspects-purposes of raiding and warfare, organization,
leadership, weapons, strategy and tactics, etc., of the Indians of the
Southwest, especially the Apache and the Comanche. (I) |
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2.
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Identify the causes, events, and results of the
Apache-Comanche War. (I) |
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3.
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Describe the principal methods used by the Spanish to
pacify hostile Indians. (I) |
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4.
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Identify the major causes, events, figures, and results of
the Spanish-Apache Wars and the Spanish-Comanche Wars. (I) |
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5.
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Describe the
recruitment, training, daily life, weapons and equipment, organization, and
effectiveness of the Spanish frontier forces. (I) |
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6.
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Describe the purposes, evolution, and effectiveness of the
presidio system. (I) |
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7.
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Identify and locate on a map the principal presidios. (I) |
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8.
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Describe the Spanish use of auxiliary forces in the
campaigns against hostile Indians. (I) |
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9.
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Explain the Spanish policy for dealing with captured
Indians. (I) |
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10.
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Identify the major factors weakening Spanish control of
the frontier after 1810. (I) |
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11.
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Describe the military aspects of the transition from
Spanish to Mexican authority. (II) |
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12.
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Describe the causes, events, figures, and results of the
Mexican- Apache Wars and the Mexican-Comanche Wars. (II) |
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13.
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Describe the impact of the Indian wars on Mexico's northern
frontier. (II) |
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14.
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Describe the major causes, events, figures, and results of
the Texas War for Independence. (II) |
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15.
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Describe the major causes, events, figures, and results of
the Texas- Comanche War. (II) |
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16.
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Describe the causes of the Mexican War. (II) |
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17.
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Describe the Mexican and American armies on the eve of the
Mexican War. (II) |
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18.
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Describe the strategy, major campaigns, events, figures,
and results of the northern phase of the Mexican War. (II) |
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19.
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Describe the American campaign to capture Mexico City.
(II) |
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20.
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Describe the
peace treaty ending the Mexican War and the place of the war in the history
of Mexico and the United States. (II) |
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21.
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Describe the Texas war effort in the Civil War. (II) |
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22.
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Describe the major campaigns, events, figures, and results
of the Civil War in New Mexico and Arizona. (II) |
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23.
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Describe the
recruitment, organization, training, weapons and equipment, daily life, and
effectiveness of US Army soldiers in the late 19th Century. (III) |
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24.
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Describe the US Army's strategy for pacifying hostile
Indians. (III) |
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25.
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Identify and locate on a map the principal US Army forts
in Arizona in the 1870s and 1880s. (III) |
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26.
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Describe American-Navajo relations in the period
1846-1868. (III) |
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27.
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Describe the major causes, events, figures, and results of
the Navajo War of the 1860s. (III) |
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28.
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Describe the major causes, events, figures, and results of
the American-Comanche War of the 1860s and 1870s. (III) |
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29.
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Describe the major causes, events, figures, and results of
the American-Apache Wars in New Mexico. (III) |
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30.
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Describe the major causes, events, figures, and results of
American- Apache Wars in Arizona. (III) |
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31.
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Describe George Crook's campaign to pacify the Apaches in
the 1870s. (III) |
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32.
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Describe military-civilian relations in the Southwest.
(III) |
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33.
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Describe the impact of the military on the economic
development of the Southwest. (III) |
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34.
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Describe the major events, figures, and results of the
Geronimo campaigns of the 1880s. (III) |
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35.
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Describe the Mexico of Porfirio
Diaz. (IV) |
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36.
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Describe the major events and figures of the Mexican
Revolution from 1910 to 1920. (IV) |
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37.
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Describe American-Mexican relations in the period
1910-1920. (IV) |
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38.
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Describe the causes, events, figures, and results of the
American military interventions in Mexico. (IV) |
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39.
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Describe the impact of the Mexican border campaigns upon
the US Army. (IV) |
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Competencies
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MCCCD
Official Course Outline: |
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HIS135 2010
Summer I - 9999 |
Military History of the Southwest |
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I. The Spanish occupation A. Military aspects of the
Indians of the Southwest B. The defense of northern
new Spain C. Lancers for the King D. Presidios E. Auxiliaries F. Failed empire II. Changing of the guard A. The Mexican occupation B. Military aspects of the
Long Star Republic C. The Mexican War: causes
and order of battle D. The Mexican War: the war
in northern Mexico E. The Mexican War: on to
Mexico City F. The Civil War in the
Southwest III. The United States army
and the Indians of the Southwest A. Frontiersmen in blue B. The Navajo confronted
and confined C. The conquest of the
southern plains D. The conquest of Apacheria: to 1881 E. The conquest of Apacheria: the Geronimo campaigns IV. Blood on the border A. The United States and
the Mexican revolution B. Manhunt in Chihuahua C. Final battles |