Critical Moments in U.S. History, 1783 to 1865

Diagrama semanal

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  General

  • ZOOM link for this course URL
  • Announcements Foro
  • Link to free textbook: The American Yawp URL
  • Link to American Yawp Reader (primary sources and images) URL
  • Link to primary documents in American history in Library of Congress URL
  • Navin powerpoint #4 (not from publisher) Archivo
  • Navin powerpoint #5 (not from publisher) Archivo
  • Navin powerpoint #6 (not from publisher) Archivo
  • Navin powerpoint #7 (not from publisher) Archivo
  • GRIM YEARS interview - Walter Edgar's Journal URL

    This is a radio interview; no slides are involved

  • GRIM YEARS interview - Center for Carolina Low Country and Atlantic World Archivo

    This center (CLAW) is sponsored by the College of Charleston.  The powerpoint segment of this presentation is very similar to the Daniel Island Historical Society presentation but the interview that follows is unique.

  • GRIM YEARS interview - Daniel Island Historical Society URL

    This presentation includes powerpoint slides

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  Course Outline

  This course consists of eight meetings, covering the years 1783 to 1865. It will feature highlights from the History survey course that all CCU history majors are required to take. We will examine:

  1. Crises that led to the drafting of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights
  2. Challenges facing the Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison administrations
  3. Westward expansion and the emergence of a market economy
  4. The tumultuous presidency of Andrew Jackson
  5. The Second Great Awakening, Anti-Slavery, and other reform movements
  6. Texas independence and the Mexican-American War
  7. The disastrous 1850s and the movement toward secession
  8. The Civil War

  
  No books are required for this course.  Optional readings will be posted on this Moodle page and/or emailed to the class list as attachments.  You will have ample opportunity to ask questions at each week's presentation.
  

  • Navin Lecture notes 1 Archivo
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  4 de octubre - 10 de octubre

  Crises that led to the drafting of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights

  
  

  • 1780s Timeline Archivo
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  11 de octubre - 17 de octubre

  Challenges facing the Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison administrations
  
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  18 de octubre - 24 de octubre

  Westward expansion and the emergence of a market economy
  
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  25 de octubre - 31 de octubre

  The tumultuous presidency of Andrew Jackson
  
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  1 de noviembre - 7 de noviembre

  The Second Great Awakening, Anti-Slavery, and other reform movements

  
  
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  8 de noviembre - 14 de noviembre

  Texas independence and the Mexican-American War
  
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  15 de noviembre - 21 de noviembre

  The disastrous 1850s and the movement toward secession

  
  

  • Navin powerpoint: Lincoln, Secession, and the Concept of Nation Archivo
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  22 de noviembre - 28 de noviembre

  The Civil War
  
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  29 de noviembre - 5 de diciembre