This is an archived course. A more recent version may be available at ocw.mit.edu.

 

Calendar

Ses # Topics Key Dates
1 Introduction: From Breadlines to Atom Bombs  
Part One: The Great Depression
2 The End of Prosperity  
3 The Unemployed  
Part Two: New Deal
4 Roosevelt's 100 Days  
5 Strikes and Struggles  
6 New Deal Order Paper One Due
Part Three: World War II at Home
7 From Isolationism to Pearl Harbor  
8 Mobilizing for Victory  
9 Gender and Race in Wartime  
Part Four: World War II Abroad
10 D-Day Paper Two Due
11 Hiroshima  
12 Conclusion: Legacies for Postwar America  
13   Final Exam