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of the class or topic to go to the notes. I generally try to post notes on the weekend, so please be
patient if they are not on-line right away. PLEASE
DO NOT EMAIL ME OR CALL ME IF THE NOTES ARE NOT POSTED IMMEDIATELY; I WILL
POST ALL AVAILABLE NOTES IN PLENTY OF TIME BEFORE EACH EXAMINATION. Remember, the notes are not substitutes
for reading the textbook or for attending class. You remain responsible for all material covered in the
text whether or not it is discussed in class or appears on my notes pages.
Reminder: you are not required to hand in answers to the review questions,
but if you do them in advance of each test, you will do much better on the
essays. Tony Ball
**represents
a change in the schedule
|
| Date(s) |
Topic |
Assigned
Reading (to be done prior to class) |
| 1/18 |
Introductions,
Overview of Course |
None |
| Part I: Pre-Colonial and Colonial Period |
| 1/23 |
Native
American Cultures prior to European Arrival; Africa before the North Atlantic Slave Trade |
Chapter
1, pages 3-14 |
| 1/25 |
Europe
on the Eve of Conquest (the Reformation); English Approaches to the New World |
Chapter
1, pages 14-29 |
| 1/30 |
English
Colonization: Comparison of Chesapeake Experience with Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay |
Chapter 2, all |
| 2/1 |
The
Middle Colonies;** Family, Social
Structure and Slavery in Colonial North America |
Chapter 3, pages
65-81 |
| 2/6-2/8 |
Film:
The Crucible, based on the Arthur Miller Play** |
None |
| 2/13 |
Economics,
Politics and Social Unrest to 1700;**
Eighteenth
Century America: Social and Cultural**
Clash of
Political Cultures; Century of Imperial War |
Chapter 3, pages
82-95** Chapter
4, all** |
| 2/15 |
Test
#1, Covering Chapters 1-4; Lectures through
2/13. Paper Assignments Distributed** |
None |
| Part II: Independence and Early
Republic |
| 2/20 |
The
Movement Toward Independence (1763-1776) |
Chapter
5, pages 131-152 |
| 2/22-2/27 |
The
Revolution; Problems of the Early Republic (1776-1787) |
Chapter
5, pages 152-162;
Chapter 6, pages 165-184 |
| 3/1 |
Discussion
of Test #1 |
|
| 3/6 |
Class
Cancelled -- Snow Day** |
|
| 3/8 |
The
Constitutional Convention and the Struggle for Ratification** |
Chapter
6, pages 184-196 |
| 3/13 |
Democracy
in Distress: The Washington and Adams Presidencies** |
Chapter
7, all** |
| Part III: Nation Building and
Jacksonian Democracy |
| 3/15 |
Jeffersonian
Ascendancy: Expansion and Reform**
Test
#2 -- Take Home Format -- Due 3/29, Covering Chapters 5-8; Lectures from
2/20 through 3/8.
(Click for Copy) |
Chapter
8, pages 231-249** |
| 3/20
and 3/22 |
Spring
Break: No Classes |
|
| 3/27 |
The
Failure of Foreign Policy and the "Strange War of 1812"**
Nationalism
and Nation Building; Emergence of a Market Economy; the Missouri Compromise and the
Brewing Controversy over Slavery;
Andrew
Jackson and the "Triumph of White Men's Democracy" |
Chapter
8, pages 249-258**
Chapter
9, all
Chapter
10, all |
| 3/29 |
The
Second Great Awakening; Temperance, Abolitionism, Women's Suffrage and other Antebellum
Reform Movements |
Chapter
11, all |
| 4/3 |
Westward
Expansion: The Texan Revolution, Oregon Trail and Mormon Trek |
Chapter
12, pages 349-358 |
| 4/5 |
Westward
Expansion: Manifest Destiny and the Mexican-American War; Invention and Immigration |
Chapter
12, pages 358-378 |
| 4/10 |
Test
#3, Covering Chapters 9-12; Lectures from
3/15 through 4/5. |
None |
| Part IV: Slavery, Sectionalism,
Secession and Civil War |
| 4/12 |
Masters
and Slaves: Social Structure and the Institution of Slavery in the Antebellum South |
Chapter
6, pages 198-201
Chapter 13, pages 381-397 |
| 4/17 |
The
Black Experience Under Slavery; Free Blacks in North and South |
Chapter
13, pages 397-406 |
| 4/19 |
The
Sectional Crisis over Slavery (1846-1860) |
Chapter
14, all |
| 4/24 |
The
Civil War: From Secession to Gettysburg |
Chapter
15, pages 441-463 |
| 4/26 |
The
Civil War: From Gettysburg to Appomattox |
Chapter
15, pages 463-471 |
| 5/1 |
Test
#4, Covering Chapters 13-15; Lectures from
4/12 through 4/26. |
None |
| 5/3 |
Paper
Discussion; Wrap-Up |
None, Final
Papers Due |
The
Final Examination
will be on 5/10,
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
The final will be cumulative, meaning it will cover material from
the entire course.
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