HIUS 221
History of the United States to 1877 with Dr. Bauer
Lectures
- Lecture 1 - A Case Study
- Lecture 2 - Worlds Apart
- Lecture 3 - First Encounters
- Lecture 4 - Spanish and French
- Lecture 5 - British
- Lecture 6 - Slavery, An American Paradox?
- Lecture 7 - North America before the 1750s - Colonies
- Lecture 9 - French and Indian War (Seven Years War)
- Lecture 10 - Road to Revolution
- Lecture 11 - Independence
- Lecture 12 - A New Republic
- Lecture 13 - Revolution of 1800
- Lecture 14 - Empire of Liberty?
- Lecture 15
- Lecture 16 - The Antebellum West
- Lecture 17 - Sectional Divisions
- Lecture 18 - Bitter Issues of the 1850s
- Lecture 19 - A House Divided
- Lecture 20 - Civil War, 1861-1865
Readings
- 9/2/22 - Primary Sources: The Cherokee Origin Story, Genesis: The Christian Origin Narrative, and Columbus
- 9/9/22 - GML, Bartolomé de las Casas, History of the Indies (1528) and the “Declaration of Josephe,” p. 28 (BE), 36-37 (6E).
- 9/16/22 - Primary Sources, Samuel de Champlain, John Winthrop, and William Penn (PDF); GML, Who Is an American?, p.69 (BE), 81 (6E).
- 9/23/22 - GML: Maryland Act Concerning Negroes and Other Slaves and Letter by a Female Indentured Servant, p. 84 (BE), 100-101 (6E); Who is an American?, p. 94 (BE), 112 (6E).
- 9/30/22 - GML: Scarouyady, Speech to Pennsylvania Provincial Council and Pontiac, Speeches, p. 134-35 (BE), 162-163 (6E).
- 10/21/22 - Discussion on Pushing the Bear. Bring a copy of your paper to class for reference, if needed. Appendix of GML: The Declaration of Independence; The Articles of Confederation, p.4-9
- 10/28/22 - GML: From Judith Sargent Murray “On the Equality of the Sexes”, From Address of the Democratic-Republican Society of Pennsylvania, From Tecumseh, Speech to the Osage [Chapter 8]
- 11/4/22 - GML: “A New Economy” and “The Market Society” [Chapter 9]
- 11/11/22 - Nat Turner’s explanation of his revolt; North Carolina that describes the aftermath of the revolt
- 11/18/22 - GML, What were the major factors contributing to U.S. territorial expansion in the 1840s? Analyze Richard C. Woodville’s painting, War News from Mexico [Chapter 13]
- 11/25/22 - James K Polk’s message on the Mexican American War; Abraham Lincoln Protests the Mexican-American War, 1847
- 12/2/22 - GML, From William Lyman and Others, Letter to the Middleton Sentinel and Witness, and From the Declaration of the Immediate Causes of Secession (1860), p. 492-493 (6E)
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Quizzes/Exams
- 10/21/22 Quiz - The Articles of Confederation and The Declaration of Independence
- Second Exam