Schedule of Classes |
| Date(s) |
Topic |
| 12/26 |
Introductions, Overview of Course; Native
American Cultures prior to European Arrival; Africa before the North Atlantic Slave Trade;
Europe
on the Eve of Conquest; French, Spanish and English Approaches to the New World |
| 12/27 |
English
Colonization: Comparison of Chesapeake Experience with Massachusetts Bay and the Middle
Colonies |
| 12/28 |
Family, Social
Structure and Slavery in Colonial North America; Economics,
Politics and Social Unrest to 1700 |
| 12/29 |
Eighteenth
Century America: Social and Cultural;
Clash of
Political Cultures; Century of Imperial War; Test #1, Covering Chapters
1-4, Classes 12/26 - 12/29
Sorry, I have not been
able to upload new notes and study guide. Please review the notes
for U.S.
History I from the Fall Semester. There you will also see a list
of potential
essay questions. I will definitely ask a "primary
source" question (#9) and will not ask question #8. You will
have a choice of 4 out of 5 questions. Remember the essay portion of
the exam is open book/open note, etc. Answers should be as specific
and detailed as possible. For the short answers (multiple choice,
true false, fill-in-the-blank) review the quizzes at the textbook
website. I will be rewording questions, so don't just memorize
answers!!!
|
| 1/1 |
No
Class, New Year's Day |
| 1/2 |
The
Movement Toward Independence (1763-1783) |
| 1/3 |
Problems of the Early Republic;
The Constitutional Convention and the Struggle for Ratification
(1776-1789) |
| 1/4 |
Democracy
in Distress: The Washington and Adams Presidencies (1789-1801) |
| 1/5 |
Jeffersonian
Ascendancy: Expansion and Reform; The
Failure of Foreign Policy and the "Strange War of 1812" Test
#2, Covering Chapters 5-8, Classes 1/2 - 1/5 |
| 1/8 |
Nationalism
and Nation Building; Emergence of a Market Economy; the Missouri Compromise and the
Brewing Controversy over Slavery |
| 1/9 |
Andrew
Jackson and the "Triumph of White Men's Democracy" |
| 1/10 |
The
Second Great Awakening; Temperance, Abolitionism, Women's Suffrage and other Antebellum
Reform Movements |
| 1/11 |
Westward
Expansion: The Texan Revolution, Oregon Trail and Mormon Trek; Manifest Destiny and the Mexican-American War; Invention and Immigration |
| 1/12 |
The
Sectional Crisis over Slavery (1846-1860); PAPERS
DUE; Test #3, Covering Chapters 9-14, Classes 1/8 - 1/12 |