Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: identify and explain the causes of anti-Semitism in the United States from the Reconstruction era until the present; discuss significant anti-Semitic incidents and repercussions; identify and define various anti-Semitic movements and individuals; trace the growth of, and the obstacles leading to points of decline of the Jewish influence in American politics; and identify different political motivations for anti-Semitism and link their manifestations in the United States with historical trends.