Complete Syllabus Located in Learning Management System
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Required Text James L. Roark, et al, Understanding The American Promise: A Brief History of the United States to 1877, Vol. 1, 2nd Edition (Boston: Bedford Books, 2014) ISBN: 9781457639807 Alternate Text James L. Roark, et al, Understanding The American Promise: A Brief History of the United States to 1877, Vol. 1, 1st Edition (Boston: Bedford Books, 2011) ISBN: 9781457608476. Available on 2-hour Reserve in Library. |
Reading Assignments
Promise = Roark, et al, Understanding the American Promise 2e
All other assignments can be found on the Web by clicking the button next to the document name.
All readings should be completed before class
August 19
Course Introduction
Syllabus
August 21
Columbian Exchange
Promise 2-27
Complete your document choice in Groups tab
August 26
Invasion of Americas & Research
Promise 28-53
Pre-Course Assessment Due
Syllabus Quiz Due
August 28
The Chesapeake Colonies
Promise 54-71
Document 1: Indentured Servant writes home.
Document 2: Bacon’s Rebellion
September 2
The Southern Colonies
Promise 72-81, 123-129
Document 1: Middle Passage
Document 2: Stono Rebellion
Read both pages on Stono Rebellion
September 4
Puritans in the Wilderness
Promise 82-94
Quiz 2 Due
Document 1: Model of Christian Charity
Skim everything up to the last 2 FULL paragraphs, then read them fully plus the little poem that follows them.
Document 2: Anne Hutchinson Trial
Skim the early parts and then read closely the parts at the end starting with the question asked by Mr. Nowel [Assistant to the Court]
September 9
Decline of New England
Promise 95-97, 102-109
Document 1: Half-Way Covenant
Document 2: King Phillip’s WarWill launch an Adobe Acrobat File.
September 11
Middle Colonies & Becoming American
Promise 98-101, 110-122, 130-137
Quiz 3 Due
Document 1: William Penn’s Charter of Privileges
Document 2: Great Awakening
Read the section entitled “THE EMERGENCE OF AMERICAN EVANGELICALISM.” Stop reading at “Fundraising for Princeton”
September 16
Constitutions of the British Empire
Promise 140-149
Document 1: Albany Plan of Union
September 18
Declaring Independence
Promise 150-171
Quiz 4 Due
Handout: Time Line of the events leading to the American Revolution
Document 1: Stamp Act Congress
Skim this document
Document 2: Boston Massacre Propaganda
Read this page, then click on the first image to enlarge it.
September 23
Revolutionary War
Promise 172-183, 190-200
September 25
Social Revolution
Promise 184-189, 201-203
Quiz 5 Due
Document 1: Loyalists
Document 2: British View of American Women in Revolution
September 30
Confederation & Constitution
Promise 204-233
Handout: Constitution Time Line
Document 1: Northwest Ordinance
How is this a strength of the Articles of Confederation?
Document 2: Federalist No. 10
What is the main point of this political tract?
October 2
Test 1
October 7
The Federalists: Washington & Adams
Promise 234-259
Document 1: The Sedition Act
Document 2: Virginia Resolves
October 9
Jefferson through War of 1812
Promise 260-279
Quiz 6 Due
Document 1: Marbury v Madison
Document 2: Hartford Convention
October 14
Sectionalism, & Nullification
Promise 284-293, 303-306, 310-312
Source Evaluation Paper Due
Document 1: Missouri Compromise
Document 2: SC Ordinance of Nullification
October 16
The Market & Transportation Revolutions
Promise 294-298, 326-335
Quiz 7 Due
Document 1: History of the Erie Canal
Document 2: Georgraphic View of Erie Canal
Zoom in to all the small pictures
October 21
Industrial Revolutions
Promise 299-302, 320-325
Document 1: Waltham-Lowell System
Document 2: Lowell Mill Girls
October 23
Perfectionism
Promise 293-296, 313-315, 339
Quiz 8 Due
Document 1: Utopian Communities
October 28
Reform Movements
Promise 316-318, 350-354
Document 1: Women’s Rights
October 30
Race & Slavery
Promise 358-367, 384-386
Quiz 9 Due
Document 1: Northern Economic Support of Slavery
Document 2: Confessions of Nat Turner
Read the introduction thoroughly and then skim the rest of this document
November 4
Slavery & Southern Society
Promise 368-383, 387-390
Document 1: Material Conditions of Slaves
Read first 4 paragraphs of Chapter V
Document 2: Cruelty of Slavery
Read pp 22-24 Narrative of Sarah Grimke
November 6
Manifest Destiny
Promise 307-310, 336-339
Quiz 10 Due
Document 1: Indian Removal
Document 2: Cherokee Protest
November 11
Mexican War
Promise 339-349, 355-357
Document 1: Texas Republic’s Treaty of Velasco
Document 2: Wilmot Proviso, 1846
November 13
Failure of Compromise
Promise 390-414
Online Assignment. No PHYSICAL Class Today!!
Lecture 1: Compromise of 1850
Lecture 2: Bleeding Kansas & John Brown
Document 1: Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Document 2: John Brown
Browse all the images of this site
November 18
Secession
Promise 414-430
Quiz 11 Due
Document 1: 1860 Presidential Campaign Poster
Document 2: Mississippi’s Secession Declaration
November 20
Civil War
Promise 431-437, 442-455
Document 1: Photo of Confederate Dead gathered for burial after Battle of Antietam
Document 2: Emancipation Proclamation
November 25
Emancipation & Reconstruction
Promise 438-441, 456-472
Document 1: Black Codes
Document 2: Northern Political Cartoon on Black Rights
Thanksgiving Break
November 26-30
December 2
Redemption
Promise 472-485
Quiz 12 Due
Document 1: Klu Klux Klan Terrorism
December 4
Test 2
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