Schedule: The following tentative
schedule should be used as a guide for the completion of assignments
and readings. The page numbers of required readings are listed
by the last names of the authors. Assigned readings should be
completed by the class date listed in the left column.
INTRODUCTION
Sep. 1
Introduction to the Course
THE COLONIAL PERIOD
1492-1763
Sep. 3
Indian Societies in the Western Hemisphere
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
1-13
Sep. 6
Christopher Columbus and the European Discovery of America
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
13-36
- Madaras & SoRelle, eds., Taking Sides, 24-43
Sep. 8
The Origins of English Colonization of America: Virginia and
New England
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
36-84
Sep. 10
The Encounter Between Indians, Europeans, and Africans in North
America; the Expansion of British America in the Seventeenth Century
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
84-104
Sep. 13
Social, Economic, and Demographic Development of Colonial America
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
105-164
- Madaras & SoRelle, eds., Taking Sides, 44-87
Sep. 15
Colonial American Society in the Eighteenth Century
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
105-164
- Madaras & SoRelle, eds., Taking Sides, 1-23,
88-112
Sep. 17
Benjamin Franklin and the American Enlightenment
- Masur, ed., Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin,
all pages
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
1763-89
Sep. 20
British North America in the British Empire
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
165-197
Sep. 22
The Origins of American Resistance, 1763-71
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
198-220
- Quiz on The
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Sep. 24
The Road to American Independence, 1772-76
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
220-240, A3-A7
Sep. 27
The Ideology of the Revolution
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
152-155, 207-209, 272-275
Sep. 29
The War of the American Revolution, Opening Phases, 1775-78
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
241-258
Oct. 1
The War of the American Revolution, Closing Phases, 1778-83
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
258-290
Oct. 4
Exam 1
will be given on October 4.
Oct. 6
The Confederation Period, 1781-89
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
272-276, 291-309, A8-A15
Oct. 8
The Movement for Constitutional Reform
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
309-319
- Madaras & SoRelle, eds., Taking Sides, 113-135
Oct. 11
The Writing and Ratification of the U.S. Constitution
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
319-326, A16-A35
- Student Debate
on the Question: "Is the Constitution a Democratic Document?"
THE EARLY NATIONAL PERIOD
1789-1815
Oct. 13
George Washington and the Organization of the New Government
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
327-342
Oct. 15
The Origins of Political Parties and the First American Party
System
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
342-359
Oct. 18
FALL BREAK-NO CLASS
Oct. 20
The Adams Administration and the Quasi-War with France
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
360-370
Oct. 22
The Jefferson Administration
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
371-387
- Madaras & SoRelle, eds., Taking Sides, 136-159
Oct. 25
The Struggle for Neutral Rights and the Origins of the War of
1812
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
387-392
Oct. 27
The War of 1812 (1812-15)
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
392-407
- Critical Questions Exercise 1
Due
THE AGE OF EGALITARIANISM
1815-44
Oct. 29
The Market Revolution and the Great Transformation, 1815-60
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
485-535
Nov. 1
The Market Revolution and the Great Transformation, 1815-60
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
485-535
Nov. 3
The American Renaissance: Romanticism, Revivalism, and Reform
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
536-580
Nov. 5
Postwar Nationalism and the Era of Good Feelings
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
408-442
Nov. 8
Exam 2
will be given on November 8.
Nov. 10
Andrew Jackson: Jacksonian Ideology, Executive Power, and Indian
Removal
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
461-465, 481-484
- Madaras & SoRelle, eds., Taking Sides, 160-182
Nov. 12
Jackson and the "Personal Presidency"; The Nullification
Crisis
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
443-461
Nov. 15
The Bank War and the Second American Party System; The Van Buren
Administration
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
465-481, 582-585
Nov. 17
Manifest Destiny and Western Expansion
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
581-582, 585-622
- Madaras & SoRelle, eds., Taking Sides, 260-284
SECTIONALISM, CIVIL WAR, RECONSTRUCTION
1844-77
Nov. 19
The Slave's View of Slavery: The Perspective of Frederick Douglass
- Gates, ed., Classic Slave Narratives, 255-331
Nov. 22
The Slave's View of Slavery: The Perspective of Harriet Jacobs
- Gates, ed., Classic Slave Narratives, 333-515
Nov. 24
Slavery and the Old South
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
623-661
- Madaras & SoRelle, eds., Taking Sides, 208-233
Nov. 26
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY-NO CLASS
Nov. 29
The Rise of the Antislavery Movement; Texas Annexation, the Mexican
War, and the Origins of the Sectional Crisis, 1844-49
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
661-682
- Madaras & SoRelle, eds., Taking Sides, 183-207,
234-259
Dec. 1
The Sectional Crisis and the Emergence of the Third American Party
System, 1850-56
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
682-703
- Madaras & SoRelle, eds., Taking Sides, 285-305
The Road to Civil War, 1857-61
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
703-722
Dec. 3
Battles and Military Campaigns of the Civil War, 1861-65
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
723-753, 771-788
- Madaras & SoRelle, eds., Taking Sides, 306-327
- Critical Questions Exercise 2
Due
Dec. 6
The Civil War as a Social Revolution
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
754-770
- Madaras & SoRelle, eds., Taking Sides, 328-349
- Student Debate
on the Question: Did Abraham Lincoln Free the Slaves?
Dec. 8
Wartime Reconstruction, 1863-65
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
789-798
Dec. 10
Andrew Johnson v. Congress; Congressional Reconstruction, 1866-69
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
799-822
- Madaras & SoRelle, eds., Taking Sides, 350-371
Dec. 13
The Grant Administration and the Decline of Reconstruction , 1869-77
- Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History,
823-836
- Student Debate
on the Question: Was it Wrong to Impeach Andrew Johnson?
FINAL EXAMS
Dec. 16
Exam 3 for Section
A (12:00 MWF) will be given Thursday, December 16, at 3:00-5:00
Dec. 17
Exam 3 for Section
B (1:00 MWF) will be given Friday, December 17, at 3:00-5:00
