Type of Credit: Partially Required
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Major components include study of the exploration of the “New World,” Native Americans, colonial society, the Revolutionary War and Constitution, westward expansion, slavery, the Alamo, Mexican War, gold and silver discoveries, the development of the political parties, and the Civil War.
能力項目說明
Students will be able to: Identify the major events and key intellectual, cultural, social, political and economic trends in American/United States history to 1877 and identify and understand the significance of important personalities and ideas in American/United States history before 1877.
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Course outline (subject to change)
1. September 13 - Introduction to Course; First Americans, to 1550; First English Colonies, 1584-1676; Reading: Watson, Building the America Republic, vol. 1, chapter 1& 2
2. September 20 - The Diversity of the Colonies; Reading: Watson, Building the America Republic, vol. 1, chapter 3 & 4; Jonathan Edwards Revives Enfield, Connecticut (1741)
3. September 27 - Independence, 1756-1783; Reading: Watson, Building the America Republic, vol. 1, chapter 5; Thomas Paine Calls for American independence (1776); Declaration of Independence (1776); Abigail and John Adams Converse on Women’s Rights (1776).
4. October 4 - Building a Republic; Reading: Watson, Building the America Republic, vol. 1, chapter 6; Hector St. Jean de Crèvecoeur, Letters from an American Farmer (1782); Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia (1785). Benjamin Banneker letter to Thomas Jefferson (1791).
5. October 11 - Under a New Constitution: Federalists and Republicans; Reading: Watson, Building the America Republic, vol. 1, chapter 7
6. October 18 – Jeffersonian America
7. October 25 - Market Revolution, 1815-1860; Reading: Watson, Building the America Republic, vol. 1, chapter 8
8. November 1 - Northern Culture and Reform, 1815-1860; Reading: Watson, Building the America Republic, vol. 1, chapter 9; David Walker’s Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World (1829); William Lloyd Garrison, The Liberator (1831); Sarah Grimké, Letters on the Equality of the Sexes, and the Condition of Woman (1838).
9. November 8 - Midterm Examination
10. November 15 - The South; Reading: Watson, Building the America Republic, vol. 1, chapter 10
11. November 22 - Rise of Democratic Politics; Reading: Watson, Building the America Republic, vol. 1, chapter 11
12. November 29 - The West; Reading: Watson, Building the America Republic, vol. 1, chapter 12
13. December 6 - Road to the Civil War; Reading: Watson, Building the America Republic, vol. 1, chapter 13
14. December 13 - Civil War; Reading: Watson, Building the America Republic, vol. 1, chapter 14
15. December 20 - Reconstruction; Reading: Watson, Building the America Republic, vol. 1, chapter 15
16. December 27 - Final Examination
- Participation and attendance: 10% (‘perfect’ attendance policy – 0 or 1 absence, regardless of reason for absence)
- Mid-term (November 9): 30%
- Essay and/or class projects: 30% (details discussed in class)
- Final (December 29): 30%
See course syllabus
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