Lecture 4.1 - The Jefferson Era
Seminar 4.1 - America as seen from the"Outside"
from Democracy in America, Alexis DeTocqueville (1832)
-"Unlimited Power of the Majority in the US and its consequences"
-"Future Prospects of the US"
Lecture 4.2 - Nationalism and Economic Development
end of week 1
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Lecture 4.3 The Jacksonian Era
Seminar 4.2 - Jacksonian Democracy
-"A Disgusting Spirit of Equality", C.W. Janson (1807)
-"A Plea for Nonproperty Suffrage" George S. Camp (1841)
-"Davy Crockett Advises Politicians" Davy Crockett (1807)
Seminar 4.3 - Cherokee Removal
-"The Cherokee National Committe and Council, July17, 1830"
-"Georgia governor George Gilmer's statement to the state legislature" (1830)
-"Statement of John Ross, principal chief of the Cherokee Nation" (1830)
-"President Martin Van Buren's second annual message to Congress" (1838)
-"Native of Maine traveling in the Western Country" (1838)
-"Account of the Reverend Evan Jones traveling along the Trail of Tears" (1838)
Seminar 4.4 - The World of Work
-"Pleasures of Factory Life", Sarah G. Bagley (1840)
-"Regulations in the Lowell Mills" (1830's)
-"Chattel Slavery Versus Wage Slavery", Orestes A. Brownson (1840)
end of week 2
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Lecture 4.4 Reform movements
Seminar 4.5 - Reform Movements
-"Narrative of the Live of Frederick Douglass", (1845)
-"Seneca Falls Manifesto" (1848)
-"Civil Disobedience", Henry David Thoreau (1849)
Lecture 4.5 Westward Expansion
Textbook: American Pageant Chapters
Ch 11: "The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic"
Ch 12: "The Second War for Independence"
Ch 13: "The Rise of a Mass Democracy"
Ch 14: "Forging the National Economy"
Ch 15: "The Ferment of Reform and Culture"
Ch 16: "The South and the Slavery Controversy"
Ch 17: "Manifest Destiny and its Legacy"
American Pageant Reading guides:
Ch 11
Ch 12
Ch 13
Ch 14
Ch 15
Ch 16
Ch 17
> What did Jefferson mean when he talked about "the Revolution of 1800"?
> Some Federalists opposed the Louisiana Purchase, warning of the dangers of westward expansion. What were some arguements for and against expansion?
> What, if anything, did the War of 1812 accomplish?
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> What were the issues that made it impossible for the Era of Good Feeling to last?
> How did cotton production after 1793 transform the social and political history of the South? How did most of the nation benefit? In what way was it an international phenomenon?
> What factors contributed to the formation of the Monroe Doctrine?
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> Explain Andrew Jackson's philosophy of government, his reaciton to the nullification theory of John C. Calhoun, and the impact of the Bank Veto on the presidency and the US banking system.
> Both the Nullification Crisis and Indian removal raised the constitutional issue of the rights of a minority in a nation governed by majority rule. What kinds of laws are necessary to defend those rights?