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Official Course
Description: MCCCD Approval: 10-27-1998 |
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HIS173
1999 Spring – 1999 Summer
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LEC
3.0 Credit(s) 3.0 Period(s) 3.0 Load Acad |
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United
States Military History |
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Focuses on the impact of the United States military in
both peace and war on American society, politics and foreign relations from
the colonial period to the present. Prerequisites: None. |
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MCCCD
Official Course Competencies: |
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HIS173 1999
Spring – 1999 Summer II |
United States Military History |
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Explain the structure and purpose of Colonial militias and
identify and describe significant Colonial wars. (I) |
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2.
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Trace the deterioration of the relationship between Great
Britain and the American colonies. (II) |
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Identify and
describe significant events and military actions that occurred during the
American Revolution from 1763 through 1783. (II) |
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4.
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Describe
civil-military and American Indian- American relations in the post-Revolution
years and outline the events and military actions of the War of 1812. (III) |
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Describe the
concept of Manifest Destiny and explain its impact on westward expansion,
Indian removal policy and the Mexican-American War. (IV) |
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Identify and
describe causes, significant events and military actions that occurred during
the Civil War years from 1861- 1865. (V,VI) |
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List and summarize significant events of the Post-war
demobilization years from 1865 through 1898. (VII) |
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Identify and describe significant events and military
actions of the Democratic Empire years from 1898-1902. (VIII) |
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Trace the causes, events, and military actions that led to
the rise of the American military as a world power. (IX) |
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Identify and describe causes, significant events and
military actions that occurred during the World War I years. (X) |
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Describe the
emergence of the Isolationist policy and the build-up of the modern military
during the years between world wars (1919-1939). (XI) |
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Identify and
describe causes, significant events and military actions that occurred during
the World War II years from 1939 through 1945. (XII, XIII) |
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List and
summarize the significant events, causes, policies and military actions of
the Cold War years from 1945 through 1965. (XIV, XV) |
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Trace the events leading to the erosion of American
military power and describe the subsequent rebuilding process. (XVI) |
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Identify and
describe causes, significant events and military actions that occurred during
the post-Vietnam years from 1976 through 1998. (XVII, XVIII) |
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Identify and describe significant events and military
actions from 1989 to present times. (XIX) |
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MCCCD
Official Course Outline: |
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HIS173 1999
Spring – 1999 Summer II |
United States Military History |
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I. Surviving in the New
World: 1607-1763 A. Colonial militias 1. Structure of colonial
militias 2. Purpose 3. Skirmishes B. Colonial wars 1. European conflicts in
America 2. Early Indian wars II. The American
Revolution: 1763-1783 A. Deterioration of the
relationship between Great Britain and the American colonies B. Early hostilities/the
United States struggles C. European-American War 1. Friedrich von Stueben arrives at Valley Forge 2. French-American Treaty
of Alliance 3. Spain and the Dutch
declare war on England D. Stalemate to victory:
1778-1783 E. Yorktown III. Preserving
Independence: 1783-1815 A. Civil-military relations
B. Indian-American
relations C. War of 1812 IV. Manifest Destiny:
1815-1860 A. Westward expansion B. Jackson's Indian removal
policy C. Mexican-American War V. The Civil War: 1861-1862
A. The industrial Union
Army B. Building a Confederate
force C. Early conflict 1. The Eastern Theater 2. The Western Theater VI. The Civil War:
1863-1865 A. Blacks in the military B. Army of the Potomac C. Naval conflicts D. The Southern Theater VII. Post-War
Demobilization: 1865-1898 A. Down-sizing the military
B. Rebuilding the South C. Indian Wars VIII. Democratic Empire:
1898-1902 A. Spanish-American War 1. Cuba 2. Philippines 3. Puerto Rico B. Hawaii IX. World Power Military:
1899-1917 A. American-Philippines War
B. The rise of American
military strength C. Poncho Villa/Mexico X. W.W.I-The War to End All
Wars: 1917-1918 A. Mobilizing the military B. The Western Front C. The Air force XI. Between World Wars:
1919-1939 A. Isolationist policy B. Building a modern
military XII. World War II:
1939-1943 A. Hitler first 1. North Africa 2. Italy B. Island hopping the
Pacific C. Building support on the
home front XIII. World War II:
1943-1945 A. Liberating western
Europe B. Nuclear victory XIV. The Early Cold War:
1945-1953 A. Containment B. Nuclear military policy C. Korea XV. Cold War Crisis:
1954-1965 A. Deterrence B. Flexible Response 1. Bay of Pigs 2. Cuban Missile Crisis 3. Indochina XVI. Erosion of American
Military Power: 1965-1975 A. Vietnam 1. Attrition 2. The Air War 3. the decline B. Rebuilding XVII. The Age of
Uncertainty: 1976-1980 A. Nuclear negotiations B. Building a voluntary
military C. Iranian hostages XVIII.
The Reagan Era: 1980-1988 A. Rapid increase against
the evil empire B. Granada C. Central America E. Beirut XIX. Modern Wars:
1989-Present A. Panama B. Persian Gulf C. Somalia D. Other |