HIST 202 United States History
Course Description
HISTORY 202: UNITED STATES HISTORY, 1828-1916
Out-of-Season Section, Spring 2003
Lecturer: Jack Maddex, 333 McKenzie Hall, 346-4829. Jmaddex@oregon. Hours
9:30-11 MW; 1:30-3 UH
GTF: Torrie Hester, 340Q McKenzie Hall, 346-6162. Thester1@darkwing. Hours
9-10, 11:30-12:30 U
Course Policies
Midterm Exam will be May 6.
Final Exam will be Tuesday June 10, 8:00-10:00 A. M. Bring green books.
The course will include two (2) short out-of-class writing assignments,
details TBA.
Required Texts
Course Schedule
| Week 1 |
Reading |
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Week of Mar. 30-Apr. 5:
Lecture Apr. 1: United States, 1829-1916: A Survey of the Territory
Lecture Apr. 3: The United States & American Life ca. 1828
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Textbook: Van Deusen, Jacksonian
Era, chaps. 1, 5. |
| Week 2 |
Reading |
Week of Apr. 6-12:
Lecture Apr. 8: The coming of Jacksonian politics & policy, 1824-32.
Lecture Apr. 10: Banks, monetary politics, & the Panic of 1837,
1832-39.
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Textbook: JE, chaps. 2,
4.
Discussion Apr. 9: America through the Eyes of Its People, chaps.
9-10.
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| Week 3 |
Reading |
Week of Apr. 13-19:
Lecture Apr. 15: Tippecanoe, Tyler, & Texas Annexation, 1840-45.
Lecture Apr. 17: "Manifest Destiny" & the Mexican-U.
S. War, 1845-48.
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Textbook: JE, chaps. 3,
6.
Discussion Apr. 16: AEIP, chap. 8. |
| Week 4 |
Reading |
Week of Apr. 20-26:
Lecture Apr. 22: The New West & "Free Soil" Politics,
1846-52.
Lecture Apr. 24: Kansas Territory, the Republican Party, & Polarization
over Slavery
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Textbook: Divine &
others, America Past & Present, chaps. 13-14
Discussion Apr. 23: AEIP, chap. 11. |
| Week 5 |
Reading |
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Week of Apr. 27-May 3:
Lecture Apr. 29: Civil War from Secession to the Emancipation Proclamation,
1860-62.
Lecture: May 1: Civil War & Society, 1863-65.
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Textbook: AP&P, chap.
15
Discussion Apr. 30: AEIP, chap. 12. |
| Week 6 |
Reading |
Week of May 4-10:
Mid-term Test May 6: Bring green books.
Lecture May 8: "Presidential" & "Military"
Reconstruction, 1865-70.
|
Textbook AP&P, chap.
16.
Discussion May 7: AEIP, chap. 13. |
| Week 7 |
Reading |
Week of May 11-17:
Lecture May 13: The Flourishing & Passing of Reconstruction, 1870-77
Lecture May 15: Industrialization & Economic Change, 1870-90.
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Textbook: AP&P, chaps. 18-19.
Discussion May 14: AEIP, chaps. 14, 17.
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| Week 8 |
Reading |
Week of May 18-24:
Lecture May 20: Society & Culture in the Era of Industrialization,
1870-90.
Lecture May 22: Populist Grievances & Politics, 1880s-96.
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Textbook: AP&P, chaps.
17, 20.
Discussion May 21: AEIP, chaps. 16, 19. |
| Week 9 |
Reading |
Week of May 25-31:
Lecture May 27: Spanish-American War (1898) & Overseas Influence,
1880s-1900.
Lecture May 29: Turn-of-a-Century Culture & "Muckraking"
Journalism.
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Textbook: AP&P, chaps.
21-22.
Discussion May 28: AEIP, chaps. 15, 20. |
| Week 10 |
Reading |
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Week of June 1-7:
Lecture June 3: Progressive-Era Politics & Society, 1900-11.
Lecture June 5: Woodrow Wilson's America, & Retrospect 1916-to-1828.
Final Exam will be Tuesday June 10, 8:00-10:00 A. M. Bring green
books.
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Textbook: AP&P, chap.
23, + chap. 24 to p. 710.
Discussion June 4: AEIP, chap. 21.
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