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  • Hist 1305: United States History to 1877
    Learners' Community Section 10:00 AM to 11:45 AM



    Syllabus:
  • Learners' Community (MW 10:00a.m. - 11:15 a.m.)

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  • Paper One (due 9.19.07):
  • Describe and analyze the social and cultural changes in Cherokee society during the early nineteenth century. Be sure to explain why some Cheorokees embraced the political and economic traditions of the Anglo Americans. Be sure to properly footnote your essay and incorportate the primary sources from our readings (Chicago style). NB: Three pages, double spaced; Times New Roman (12pt) font; 1 inch top and bottom margins; 1.25 left and right margins. See syllabus for further details).


  • Paper Two (due 11.7.07):
  • Based on our readings, do you believe Cherokee removal was inevitable? A strong essay would include reference to the major issues during the removal debate fo the 1820s and 1830s. Be sure to identify the supporters and opponents of the plan. What were the arguments put forth on both sides of the debate? As always, properly footnote your essay and incorporate the primary sources from our readings (Chicago Style). NB: Four pages, double spaced; Times New Roman (12pt) font; 1 inch top and bottom margins; 1.25 left and right margins. See syllabus for further details).


  • Likely Exam Essay Topics:
  • Exam One
  • Exam Two

  • Identification Lists (Note: These links are designed to help students to focus on some of the core themes discussed in class. Examinations, however, will demand more than simple identification of the items listed.):

    Exam One :
  • Worlds Apart
  • English Settlement

  • Labor Choices in the Chesapeake & South
  • Exam Two :
  • Britain's North American Empire
  • A Divided Empire
  • The Revolution
  • First Republic
  • First Party System
  • Rise and Fall of Agrarian Republicanism
  • Jacksonian America

  • Slavery and Reform
  • Westward Expansion and Sectional Crisis
  • Civil War
  • Reconstruction

  • Final Exam will be comprehensive. See above ID lists: