REVIEW OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

Alternate Tuesdays • 10:00 a.m. - noon • Mackey Auditorium
Coordinator/Teacher: Bob Linn
This series of class presentations is designed as an interesting review of the significant political, social, economic events and trends of United States history in various periods of the 20th Century. Each class session will include a variety of video material as well as a constantly interactive lecture/discussion of the historical period, events, trends and personalities presented. Each class member will be encouraged to share their personal views, ask questions, and become involved in this review of the history of the 20th Century.
We will start this fall with 1900-1914: The Beginning: Seeds of Change.
America greets the new century with hope and expectation as it emerges as an empire after the Spanish-American War. It is an era of unimaginable change when the promise of new inventions such as the automobile, moving pictures and air flight was just over the horizon. We will also analyze and discuss such major events as America's rise to world power, the Progressive reform movement, building the Panama Canal and the beginnings of World War I in Europe. Special presentations will also deal with the assassination of President William McKinley and full video biographical presentations of President #26, Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) and #28, Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921).
The next area of coverage will be 1914-1919: Shell Shock. World War I erupts in Europe while America attempts to stay neutral and watch her businesses prosper. The world in 1917 sees the Russian Revolution and the eventual entry of America into the War. President Wilson brings his "Fourteen Points" to the peace treaty conference at Versailles, but America rejects world leadership and retreats into isolationism.
Watch the OLLI bulletin board or the website at http://olli.fullerton.edu for class dates, specific topics and program updates.

September 22       October 6      October 20
November 3      November 17      December 8