US HISTORY I
AMST 201--Fall 2002
Updated 11/5/02
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Colin
S. Cavell, Ph.D. Class UT: 9:30-10:45 [Ramadhan—9:05-10:05] Office Hours: By appointment |
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Room No.: S17-229 Office No.: S17-263 PH: (H) 729091, (W) 449999, Ext. 5277 |
Survey
of American history from the early American experience to the end of the Era of
Reconstruction. Political institutions,
constitutional development, the Revolution, the sectional crisis, the Civil
War, race relations, economic development, foreign policy, and intellectual and
cultural ideas.
Grading Policy: 20%
for Attendance*; 20% for the Class Presentation; 20% for the Midterm Exam; 20%
for the Research Paper; and 20% for the Final Exam. A Guidelines sheet will be
distributed outlining the requirements for your Class Presentation and for your
Research Paper.
Attendance Policy*: Attendance in class is mandatory. As well, you are expected to follow the syllabus and accordingly
be prepared for each day's class. This
means that you must read the pre-assigned readings before class so that you
will be prepared to discuss and debate in class the subject matter scheduled
for that day and answer questions related to the issues being covered. NOTE:
TURN OFF all cell phones during class.
·
Absence
from class may be made up by preparing a two-page,
typed (i.e. using maximum 12
point font size and maximum double-spaced text with one-inch margin on all
sides), summary on the missed
material scheduled to be covered the day(s) of your absence.
Required
Texts:
Cincotta, Howard, ed. 1994.
An Outline of American History.
Washington, D.C.: United States
Information Agency.
Information USA [CD-ROM]. April 1999.
Washington, D.C.: United States
Information Agency.
Sept. 22: Introduction to U.S. History:
What Is History? What Is Its
Utility?
Sept.
24: Early America
Readings: Cincotta, Ch. 1 “The
First Americans,” “Mound Builders and Pueblos,” “Native American Cultures”
Sept. 29: Early America
Readings: Cincotta, Ch. 1, “The First Europeans,” “Early Settlements,”
“Jamestown,” “Massachusetts,” “New Netherland and Maryland,” “Colonial-Indian
Relations”
Oct. 1:
Early America
Readings: Cincotta, Ch. 1, “Second Generation of British Colonies,”
“Settlers, Slaves and Servants,” “The Enduring Mystery of the Anasazi”
Oct. 6: The
Colonial Period
Readings: Cincotta, Ch. 2, “New Peoples,” “New England,” “The Middle
Colonies,” “The Southern Colonies”
Oct. 8: The
Colonial Period
Readings: Cincotta, Ch. 2, “Society, Schools and Culture,” “Emergence of
Colonial Government”
Oct. 13: The Colonial Period
Readings: Cincotta, Ch. 2, “The French and Indian War”
Oct. 15: The Colonial Period
Readings: Cincotta, Ch. 2, “The Witches of Salem”
Oct. 20: The Road to Independence
Readings: Cincotta, Ch. 3, “A New Colonial System,” “Stamp Act,” “Taxation
Without Representation,” “Townshend Acts,” “Samuel Adams,” “Boston ‘Tea
Party’,” “The Coercive Acts”
Oct. 22: The Road to Independence
Readings: Cincotta, Ch. 3, “The Revolution Begins,” “Common Sense
and Independence”
Oct. 27: The Road to Independence
Readings: Cincotta, Ch. 3, “Defeats and Victories,” “Franco-American
Alliance,” “The British Move South,” “Victory and Independence,” “Loyalists
During the American Revolution”
Oct. 29: The Formation of a National Government
Readings: Cincotta, Ch. 4, “State Constitutions,” “Articles of
Confederation,” “The Problem of Expansion”
Nov. 3: The
Formation of a National Government
Readings: Cincotta, Ch. 4, “Constitutional Convention,” “Debate and
Compromise,” “Ratification and the Bill of Rights”
Nov. 5: The
Formation of a National Government
Readings: Cincotta, Ch. 4, “President Washington,” “Hamilton vs.
Jefferson,” “Citizen Genet and Foreign Policy”
Nov. 10: The Formation of a National Government [Ramadhan Schedule—9:05-10:05]
Readings: Cincotta, Ch. 4, “Adams and Jefferson,” “Louisiana and Britain,”
“War of 1812,” “The Second Great Awakening”
Nov. 12: Midterm Exam [Ramadhan
Schedule—9:05-10:05]
Nov. 16-20: Mid-semester break [No classes]
Nov. 24: Westward Expansion and Regional Differences [Ramadhan Schedule—9:05-10:05]
Readings: Cincotta, Ch. 5, “Building Unity,” “Extension of Slavery”
Nov. 26: Westward Expansion and Regional Differences [Ramadhan Schedule—9:05-10:05]
Readings: Cincotta, Ch. 5, “Latin America and the Monroe Doctrine”
Dec. 1:
Westward Expansion and Regional Differences [Ramadhan Schedule—9:05-10:05]
Readings: Cincotta, Ch. 5, “Factionalism and Political Parties,”
“Nullification Crisis,” “Battle of the Bank,” “Whigs, Democrats and
‘Know-Nothings’”
Dec. 3:
Westward Expansion and Regional Differences [Ramadhan Schedule—9:05-10:05]
Readings: Cincotta, Ch. 5, “Stirrings of Reform,” “Women’s Rights,”
“Westward,” “Seneca Falls”
Dec. 8:
Sectional Conflict
Readings: Cincotta, Ch. 6, Cincotta, Ch. 6, “Two Americas,” “Lands of
Promise”
Dec. 10: Sectional Conflict
Readings: Cincotta, Ch. 6, “Slavery and Sectionalism,” “The Abolitionists”
Dec. 15: Sectional Conflict
Readings: Cincotta, Ch. 6, “Texas and War with Mexico,” “The Compromise of
1850”
Dec. 17: National Day of Bahrain—holiday; no classes
Dec. 22: Sectional Conflict
Readings: Cincotta, Ch. 6, “A Divided Nation,” “Lincoln, Douglas and Brown”
Dec. 24: Sectional Conflict
Readings: Cincotta, Ch. 6, “Secession and Civil War,” “Western
Advance, Eastern Stalemate”
Dec. 29: Sectional Conflict
Readings: Cincotta, Ch. 6, “Gettysburg to Appomattox,” “With Malice Toward
None”
Dec. 31: Sectional Conflict
Readings: Cincotta, Ch. 6, “Radical Reconstruction”
Jan. 5:
Sectional Conflict
Readings: Cincotta, Ch. 6, “The End of Reconstruction,” “Peace Democrats,
Copperheads and Draft
Riots”
Jan. 7, 2003: Last day of
class; Review
Jan. 12, 2003: Final Exam 11:30-13:30
Jan. 23, 2003: Last day for
submitting first semester’s grades