HIST 2300.161 — Fall 2020

Course Schedule

Dates are tentative; the professor reserves the right to make changes.
Changes to the Web syllabus supersede earlier versions of the syllabus.

AUGUST
MONDAY	WEDNESDAY	FRIDAY
24 Introduction Week’s reading: Jenkins, 1–7; Horn, 1619	26 America Before Conquest	28 America Before Conquest
31 Exploration and Empire Week’s reading: Jenkins, 7–10; Horn, 1619

SEPTEMBER
	2 Portuguese and Spanish empires	4 Virginia Founded
7 LABOR DAY -- NO CLASS Week’s reading: Jenkins, 10–18; Horn, 1619	9 Virginia and Slavery	11 The Puritans
14 The Puritan Colonies: New England Week’s reading: Jenkins, 18–23, 29–32; Horn, 1619	16 The Middle Colonies	18  EXAMINATION #1
21 Colonists, Slaves, and Immigrants; The French In America Week’s reading: Jenkins, 23–29; Berkin, Revolutionary Mothers	23 The Great Awakening	25 The Enlightenment and Political Ideals
28 Causes of the Revolution Week’s reading: Jenkins, 33–49; Berkin, Revolutionary Mothers	30  Causes of the Revolution

OCTOBER
		2 The Revolution
5 The Revolution Week’s reading: Jenkins, 49–57; Berkin, Revolutionary Mothers	7 The Constitution	9 The New Government Tested
12 EXAMINATION #2	14 Republican "Revolution of 1800" Week’s reading: Jenkins, 60–62, 69–74; Sheriff, Artificial River	16 The War Of 1812
19 The Industrial Revolution Week’s reading: Jenkins, 62–65, 74–86; Sheriff, Artificial River	21 The Second Great Awakening	23 The Second Great Awakening
26 The Era of Good Feeling Week’s reading: Jenkins, 74–82, 65–67, 94–96; Johnson and Wilentz, Kingdom of Matthias	28 The Missouri Crisis Age of Jackson	30 Age of Jackson

NOVEMBER
2 President Andrew Jackson Week’s reading: Jenkins, 96–98; Johnson and Wilentz, Kingdom of Matthias	4 EXAMINATION #3	6 Slavery Reading: McPherson, Crossroads of Freedom
9 Slavery Abolition and "Positive Good" Week’s reading: Jenkins, 88–93, 98–111; McPherson, Crossroads of Freedom	11 Westward Expansion	13 The Mexican War
16 Compromise of 1850 Week’s reading: Jenkins, 111–119; McPherson, Crossroads of Freedom	18 Rising Conflict	20 Secession
23 The Civil War Begins The South Holds Its Own Week’s reading: Jenkins, 111–119; Meacham, et al., Impeachment, 3–82	25–27 THANKSGIVING BREAK
30 Union Gains the Upper Hand The Civil War Ends Week’s reading: Jenkins, 119–125; Meacham, et al., Impeachment, 3–82

DECEMBER
Tuesday, 1 All Make-Up Exams, All Day	2 The War's Aftermath Reconstruction Reconstruction: Success or Failure? America in the 1870s	4 FINAL EXAM: Friday, December 4 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.