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- INTRODUCTION I have assembled in this booklet instructional aids which will help enhance your understanding of the lectures and readings for this course, United States History, 1775-2000
- COURSE SYLLABUS UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Department of History Fall, 2004
- UNITED STATES HISTORY HSTAA 101 COURSE REQUIREMENTS
- MIDTERM EXAM Week 6: Industrializations Critics Murrin, Chapter 21 Taylor, Chapter 6 Second Short Paper Due
- Final Examination is scheduled for 8:30-10:20 a.m. Wednesday, December 15 Required Short Papers
- Optional Book Review Assignment
- I will not accept untyped book reviews submitted as an email attachment or faxed document.
- Friday, November 18
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From 1775 to 2000 A Manual for Students in HSTAA 101 Professor Quintard Taylor Department of History University of Washington Fall 2004 Not to know what happened before one was born is to always remain a child. --Cicero We are raising a generation of young people who are historically illiterate to a large degree. Everything we have--our institutions, our material advantages, our laws, our freedom, not to say our poetry...music and...architecture--all comes to us from people who went before us. And to not know anything about them, to be indifferent to them, which is even worse than being ignorant...is...really...mass ingratitude. --David McCullough TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 7 COURSE SYLLABUS 8 Reading Assignments 10 Required Short Papers 11 Optional Research Paper 12 Optional Book Review Assignment 13 CHAPTER ONE\: ESTABLISHING THESE UNITED STATES 14 Terms for Week 1 14 THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT, 1620 15 GROWTH OF A COLONY\: MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY 16 GOVERNMENT\: THE PRIVILEGES OF KINGS 17 JOHN LOCKE\: \ 17 REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT\: TWO VIEWS 19 VOTING REGULATIONS IN COLONIAL AMERICA 20 RUM AND DEMOCRACY 21 CONNECTICUT'S \ 22 DINNER IN COLONIAL AMERICA 23 PATRICK HENRY\: \ 24 BOSTONIANS CALL FOR INDEPENDENCE 25 THE \ 26
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION\: A LOYALIST VIEW 28 ABIGAIL TO JOHN ADAMS\: REMEMBER THE LADIES 29 CAPTAIN PIPE ADDRESSES THE BRITISH 30 LORD DUNMORE'S PROCLAMATION 32 COLONEL TYE\: BLACK LOYALIST LEADER 33 JAMES OTIS AND THOMAS JEFFERSON ON SLAVERY 35 YELLOW FEVER IN PHILADELPHIA 36 DEATH OF A FOUNDING FATHER 37 CHAPTER TWO\: DEMOCRACY EXPANDED, DEMOCRACY TESTED 38 Terms for Week 2 38 THE MONROE DOCTRINE 39 THE EXTENSION OF VOTING RIGHTS 40 PRESIDENTIAL VOTING, 1824 1844 40 THE LOG CABIN CANDIDATE 41 MANIFEST DESTINY\: TWO VIEWS 42 THE INDIAN REMOVAL ACT 43 INDIAN REMOVAL\: AN INDIAN VIEW 44 THE TRAIL OF TEARS\: ONE STATE'S APOLOGY 45 WESTWARD MIGRATION\: SETTLEMENT ON THE FRONTIER 46 THE ATTRACTIONS OF FRONTIER ILLINOIS 46 PUBLIC LANDS\: TERMS OF SALE, 1785 1820 47 WESTERN MIGRATION TO 1840 48 A FRONTIER FARM 48 THE FOURTH OF JULY ON THE OVERLAND TRAIL 49 IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES, 1820 1860 50 EAST FROM CHINA\: THE ORIGINS OF CHINESE AMERICA 51 PORTLAND'S CHINATOWN 52 REV. CHARLES FINNEY ON THE OBLIGATION OF THE CHURCH 53 HENRY DAVID THOREAU, \ 54 HORACE MANN ON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 55 ANTI CATHOLICISM IN AMERICA 56 THE LOWELL GIRLS 57 FACTORY REGULATIONS IN LOWELL 58 AMERICAN URBANIZATION TO 1860 59 THE GRIMKE SISTERS ON THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN 60 THE SENECA FALLS CONVENTION 61 CHAPTER THREE\: AMERICAN SLAVERY 62 Terms for Week 3 63 SLAVERY IN THE SOUTH, 1860 64 TWO VIEWS OF SLAVERY 64 A NORTHERNER'S ATTITUDE TOWARD SLAVERY 65 SLAVERY AND SOCIAL CONTROL 67 SLAVERY'S IMPACT ON RACE AND GENDER ROLES 68 A TEXAS SLAVE'S LETTER TO HER HUSBAND, 1862 69 SLAVE AND FREE BLACKS IN INDIAN TERRITORY 70 RUNAWAY SLAVES IN MEXICO 71 THE MORMONS AND BLACK SLAVERY 74 THE DEBATE OVER CALIFORNIA 75 THE COMPROMISE OF 1850\: TWO VIEWS 76 ABOLITIONISTS GARRISON AND DOUGLASS 77 A FUGITIVE SLAVE RESPONDS TO HIS OWNER 78 OREGON TERRITORY BANS AFRICAN AMERICANS 79 BRIDGET \ 81 BLEEDING KANSAS ONE SOUTHERNER'S VIEW 82 THE DRED SCOTT DECISION 84 JOHN BROWN'S LAST SPEECH, November 2, 1859 85 LINCOLN'S POLITICS 86 THE REPUBLICAN PARTY PLATFORM, 1860 86 THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1860 88 CHAPTER FOUR\: THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION 89 Terms for Week 4 89 AMERICA'S BLOODIEST WAR 90 SECESSION ONE PLANTER'S VIEW 91 THE SECESSION CRISIS, 1860 1861 92 A SOUTHERN WOMAN DEFENDS SECESSION 93 RESOURCES OF THE UNION AND THE CONFEDERACY, 1861 94 THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION 95 THE NEW YORK DRAFT RIOT, AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT 96 RELUCTANT LIBERATORS\: NORTHERN TROOPS IN THE SOUTH 97 HARD TIMES IN THE CONFEDERACY 99 A SOLDIER WITH SHERMAN'S ARMY 100 A CONFEDERATE SUPPORTER DESCRIBES THE FALL OF RICHMOND 101 THE FALL OF RICHMOND\: A BLACK SOLDIER'S PERSPECTIVE 103 FELIX HAYWOOD REMEMBERS THE DAY OF JUBLIO 104 JUNETEENTH\: BIRTH OF AN AFRICAN AMERICAN HOLIDAY 105 THE POST WAR SOUTH A DEFEATED PLANTER LOOKS BACK 106 SEND 107 IMPUDENT 108 PRESIDENT JOHNSON MEETS BLACK LEADERS 109 RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS, 1866 1870 110 RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS\: OREGON'S RESPONSE 111 BLACK VOTING RIGHTS\: OTHER VIEWS FROM THE FAR WEST 114 HELENA CITIZENS CELEBRATE THEIR NEW RIGHTS 115 THE BLACK CODES 116 THADDEUS STEVENS DEMANDS BLACK SUFFRAGE 117 READMISSION OF EX CONFEDERATE STATES 118 SOUTH CAROLINA UNDER BLACK GOVERNMENT 119 A DEBATE OVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS 121 BEN TILLMAN JUSTIFIES RECONSTRUCTION VIOLENCE 123 CHAPTER FIVE\: INDUSTRIALIZING AMERICA 125 Terms for Week 5 125 RAILROADS AND WESTERN LANDS\: San Luis Obispo 126 ROCKEFELLER JUSTIFIES RAILROAD REBATES 126 ROCKEFELLER BREAKS A COMPETITOR 128 WILLIAM GRAHAM SUMNER ON TRADE UNIONS 128 THE ROAD TO BUSINESS SUCCESS 130 CARNEGIE AND MORGAN\: A CONVERSATION ABOUT STEEL 131 CHANGING WORLD INDUSTRIAL BALANCE, 1860 1980 132 THE SHERMAN ANTI TRUST ACT, 1890 133 NUMBER OF TRUSTS FORMED, 1891 1903 134 MAJOR INDUSTRIAL TRUSTS, 1904 134 J. P. MORGAN DENIES A MONEY TRUST 135 THE TRUSTS\: A CRITICAL VIEW 136 WORK AND POVERTY 137 HENRY WARD BEECHER\: THE WORKER'S STANDARD OF LIVING 139 DOMESTIC SERVICE ONE WOMAN'S ACCOUNT 139 WOMEN'S WORK AND WORKING WOMEN, 1900 140 CHILD LABOR IN 19TH CENTURY AMERICA 141 AMERICAN URBANIZATION, 1860 1900 143 A LETTER FROM ELLIS ISLAND 144 FOREIGN BORN POPULATION OF THE U. S., 1870 1900 145 FOREIGN BORN IN THE TWENTY LARGEST CITIES, 1900 145 TWO VIEWS OF URBAN AMERICA 146 TENEMENT LIFE IN NEW YORK CITY, 1890 147 FREDERICK DOUGLAS DESCRIBES THE \ 148 OATH OF THE AMERICAN PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION 150 A DISCONTENTED WIFE 151 CHAPTER SIX\: INDUSTRIALIZATION'S CRITICS 152 Terms for Week 6 152 A FARMER'S GRIEVANCE 153 THE POPULIST PARTY PLATFORM 154 MARY ELLEN LEASE RALLIES KANSAS 155 WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN'S CROSS OF GOLD SPEECH 156 WHAT FARM PROBLEM? 157 THOMAS WATSON AND BLACK VOTERS 158 HENRY CLEWS OPPOSES THE ORGANIZATION OF LABOR 159 TERENCE V. POWDERLY AND THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR 159 SAMUEL GOMPERS DESCRIBES TRADE UNIONS 160 THE \ 161 BOSSES AND POLITICAL MACHINES 162 BOSS RULE IN PHILADELPHIA 163 BOSS PLUNKITT DEFENDS HONEST GRAFT 164 MAJOR PROGRESSIVE ACHIEVEMENTS, 1900-1920 165 LOUIS BRANDEIS INDICTS INTERLOCKING DIRECTORATES 166 MAJOR U.S. CORPORATIONS, 1917, 2002 167 WARTIME HYSTERIA 168 THE FIRST RED SCARE 169 CHAPTER SEVEN\: THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND THE NEW DEAL 171 Terms for Week 7 171 ADVERTISING AND CONSUMER SOCIETY 172 THE STOCK MARKET CRASH 174 RUMBLES OF REVOLUTION 176 THE UNEMPLOYMENT CRISIS 177 COLLEGE STUDENTS AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION 178 THE NEW DEAL\: THE FIRST HUNDRED DAYS 179 MAJOR NEW DEAL AGENCIES 181 HUEY LONG\: AMERICAN DICTATOR 183 CALIFORNIA DREAMING IN THE DEPRESSION 186 PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS 187 THE NEW DEAL\: OPPOSING VIEWS 188 EIGHT DEAD AT REPUBLIC STEEL 189 ORGANIZING A FILIPINO UNION 190 HITLER'S VIEWS\: TERROR, AND THE MASTER RACE 192 HITLER AND THE JEWS 193 GERMANY UNDER THE NAZIS 194 JAPANESE FASCISM\: ONE INSIDER'S VIEW 196 THE 198 ROOSEVELT ON THE THREAT OF WAR 198 MARTIAN INVASION, 1938 199 CHAPTER EIGHT\: WORLD WAR TWO AND THE COLD WAR 202 Terms for Week 8 202 THE INTERNMENT OF THE JAPANESE 204 MONICA SONE DESCRIBES THE EVACUATION 205 CAMP HARMONY, WASHINGTON 206 THE ZOOT SUIT RIOT 208 NISEI SOLDIERS IN EUROPE 209 ONE SOLDIER'S STORY\: WALTER HIGGANS IN EUROPE 210 BLACKS, WHITES, ASIANS IN WORLD WAR II HAWAII 212 WORLD WAR II\: SEATTLE'S ECONOMY TRANSFORMED 214 BOEING AND THE LIBERATION OF INEZ SAUER 215 WEST COAST SHIPYARDS 217 LYN CHILDS CONFRONTS A RACIST ACT 218 STALIN CALLS FOR A SECOND FRONT 219 SOVIET AMERICAN TENSION IN WORLD WAR II 220 THE WORLD THE SECOND WORLD WAR CREATED 221 HIROSHIMA\: DAY ONE OF THE NUCLEAR AGE 222 HANFORD AND THE BOMB 223 SOVIET AMERICAN RELATIONS\: A DISSENTING VIEW 224 THE RED SCARE\: THE TRUMAN ADMINISTRATION LOYALTY OATH 225 McCARTHYISM 226 A SENATOR SPEAKS UP (1950) 227 RED SCARE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 228 LEVITTOWN\: UP FROM THE POTATO FIELDS 230 TEENAGE OPINIONS IN THE 1950s 232 JOHN F. KENNEDY AND THE COLD WAR 232 INCIDENT IN THE GULF OF TONKIN 233 VIETNAM -A SOLDIER'S VIEW 235 VIETNAM A PROTESTER'S VIEW 236 TOTALITARIANISM\: IDEALISM, DISILLUSIONMENT, COMPROMISE 237 LETTER FROM YUGOSLAVIA 239 BILLY JOEL'S \ 240 TERROR AND THE COLD WAR 241 CHINA, 1989\: TIANANMEN SQUARE IN PERSPECTIVE 244 THE END OF THE COLD WAR 246 CHAPTER NINE\: THE RISE AND FALL OF LIBERALISM 247 APPENDIX 319 POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES, 1790 2000 319 GROWTH OF THE FEDERAL UNION, 1788-2000 319 INTRODUCTION I have assembled in this booklet instructional aids which will help enhance your understanding of the lectures and readings for this course, United States History, 1775-2000, or which explain and clarify the organization and requirements of the course. These aids include vignettes which are usually statements by important historical figures or commentary by observers of critical events and episodes in the history of African American people in the United States, statistical tables and information sheets. Also included are lists of weekly terms introduced and emphasized during the lectures or discussed in the assigned readings. These terms reflect some critical event or development for a particular period of United States History or refer to a concept which will help you better understand the historical process. Since I will randomly choose some of the terms for your midterm and final exams you should learn the definition and historical significance of each of them. Those terms not specifically discussed in class will be explained in your textbooks or the manual so it is particularly important that you do all of the assigned reading. All of the instructional materials are arranged in the approximate order in which they will be discussed during the quarter. One final note: you should view the materials in this manual not simply as additional information you will have to learn for the exams but as data that will help you better comprehend and assimilate the varied issues addressed in the lectures and textbook reading assignments. If you have any questions about any of the information presented in this manual please contact me during my office hours which are listed on your course syllabus. My office is Smith 316-A and my office phone number is (206) 543-5698. My email address is qtaylor@u.washington.edu. My office hours for Winter 2003 are 10:30-11:30 MTuWTh. The teaching assistants for this class are Mr. Brian Barnes bribarne@u.washington.edu, Mr. Fred Brown fbrown@u.washington.edu, and Mr. Joseph Wycoff jwycoff@u.washington.edu. They will provide you with their office hours and office phone numbers. COURSE SYLLABUS UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Department of History Fall, 2004 Instructor: Prof. Quintard Taylor Office: Smith 316-A Phone: (206) 543-5698 Office Hours: MTuWTh, 10:30-11:30 Email: qtaylor@u.washington.edu
______________________________________________________ Required Textbook: John M. Murrin, Paul E. Johnson, James M. McPherson, Gary Gerstle, Emily S. Rosenberg and Norman Rosenberg, Liberty, Equality, Power: A History of the American People (Belmont, Ca.: Wadsworth/Thomson, 2004) Quintard Taylor, UNITED STATES HISTORY from 1775 to 2000: A Manual for Students in HSTAA 101 This manual is online at http://faculty.washington.edu/qtaylor/ Teaching Assistants: Brian Barnes bribarne@u.washington.edu Fred Brown fbrown@u.washington.edu Joseph Wycoff jwycoff@u.washington.edu
I have placed on reserve in Odegaard Undergraduate Library additional readings which will help explain the history of the United States. As the need arises I may add other articles to the reserve room holdings. All readings other than those from purchased texts are on reserve. Examinations/Grading: Your course grade is based on three exercises: a midterm exam (30%), a final examination (40%) and three short papers of 4-5 pages (10% each) describing and assessing a crucial period in United States history. These papers will be due by Friday at noon of the 3rd, 6th, and 9th weeks of the term. You also have the option of writing a 10 page research paper in lieu of the three short papers. However you must notify your Teaching Assistant of your intentions by the end of the second week of the term. Research on Pacific Northwest history topics is especially encouraged. The optional paper must be supported by research in primary sources. The completed research paper should be handed in by Wednesday of final exam week. The schedule for the short papers appears in the weekly assignment section below. The midterm is scheduled for the end of the fifth week. Some students will be unable to take the midterm exam with the rest of the class. In that case I ask them to take a makeup exam scheduled for 5:00 6:00 p.m. on the last Friday of instruction during the quarter. The room will be announced later. Since the makeup exam will be penalized 10 points on a 100 point exercise, all students should make every effort to take the exam at its scheduled time. Those students who perform poorly on the midterm exam (69 or below) have the option of writing a book review to offset that grade. Should you choose to write the review, it can be handed in no later than the Friday of the eighth week of the term. Please read the page titled Optional Book Review Assignment in the manual before initiating your review. My grading procedures are simple. Since each exam is worth up to 100 points I will average your numerical score. I will also assign a numerical score for your research paper, "C"=75, "C+"=78, etc. Your numerical scores will then be averaged to determine your course grade. Thus if your overall average is 76 your course grade will be the numerical equivalent of a "C" in the UW grading system. I do not issue "incompletes" to students who by the end of the quarter have not taken an exam, handed in an assigned paper or otherwise met the course requirements. If you have not completed all of the course requirements by the end of exam week, and you have not, by that point, explained why, your grade will be lowered accordingly. Reading Assignments Week 1: Establishing these United States Murrin, Chapters 5-6 Taylor, Chapter 1
Murrin, Chapter 11 Taylor, Chapter 2
Murrin, Chapters 13-14 Taylor, Chapter 3
Murrin, Chapters 15-17 Taylor, Chapter 4
Murrin, 19-20 Taylor, Chapter 5
Murrin, Chapter 21 Taylor, Chapter 6
Murrin, Chapter 25 Taylor, Chapter 7
Murrin, Chapters 26-27 Taylor, Chapter 8
Murrin, Chapters 28, 31 Taylor, Chapter 9
No reading assignment, prepare for the final exam. Final Examination is scheduled for 8:30-10:20 a.m. Wednesday, December 15 Required Short Papers United States History, 1775-2000 As indicated above each student in HISTAA 101 will write three short papers describing and assessing episodes or events in United States history that reflected one of the themes of the course, democracy, opportunity, justice and equality. For example a brief paper on 19th Century Irish immigration or 20th Century Filipino immigration to the United States could analyze the theme of opportunity. Here your paper should not simply "celebrate" the concept but should critically analyze both its meaning for the newcomers and whether the historical experiences of the immigrants in the U.S. actually illustrated the opportunity sought. Similarly one could take the examples of the 19th Century debates over women's suffrage or business monopoly or the 20th Century conflict over affirmative action or federal subsidies to agriculture (or business) to explore themes of justice or equality. A paper on Reconstruction or the New Deal could explore the meaning of democracy in America. The arguments you advance in your short papers must be supported by evidence from the textbook, manual and other scholarly sources in United States history. When you use this evidence be sure to cite it in footnotes or endnotes. Your papers will be due by Friday at noon of the 3rd, 6th, and 9th weeks of the term. Optional Research Paper United States History, 1775 2000 Your research paper should explore in depth some important issue or topic in American History between 1775 and 2000. Avoid describing some individual or episode. Instead, pose a question and, given the resources at your disposal, answer that question. Thus you should not simply write a paper on Abraham Lincoln's Presidency as much as you should focus on a particular historical problem related to the individual and the era. For example, could Lincoln have prevented Southern secession? How did Lincoln's racial beliefs affect his emancipation policy? Your paper should be no more than ten typewritten pages including bibliography and it should conform to Turabian's, A Manual for Writers (latest edition). You should include at least ten sources in your bibliography and each source should have a corresponding footnote or endnote in the text. Please give me a one page outline which includes your major research question and a selected bibliography showing the books and articles you have already consulted by the seventh Friday of the Quarter. The completed paper should be handed in by the last regularly scheduled class meeting of the Quarter. I will not accept research papers presented to me after that date. Suggested Topic Areas Loyalists and the American Revolution Antebellum Industrialization: Pittsburgh and Lowell Compared The Jeffersonian Ideal Henry Grady and the New South
Women in the American Revolution Andrew Carnegie and the Gospel of Wealth The Abortion Debate The Rise and Decline of Organized Labor in America The Cuban Missile Crisis Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the 19th Century Feminist Movement 19th and 20th Century Immigration Compared The CIA and U.S. Foreign Policy since 1950 John D. Rockefeller and Bill Gates Compared The Reagan Revolution and Modern Conservatism The West and the Civil War The End of the Cold War
Hollywood and History The Women’s Suffrage Campaign in Washington Boeing Aircraft Company and the Cold War Women and the American Revolution Optional Book Review Assignment United States History, 1775 2000 As I indicated on the first day of class, you have the option of writing a book review to offset a low midterm exam grade. As with most standard book "reviews," you will describe the book's major thesis or argument. But I also request that you follow these guidelines in your assignment. Remember, collectively they are as important to your overall review grade as the report on the contents of the work. 1. Assess whether you were convinced by the author's argument. 2. Discuss the most important new information you learned about American history from the book. 3. Describe how the book reinforced or challenged ideas about American history that you have learned from the assigned readings, my lectures, and the discussions. 4. State whether you would recommend the book to others, and include specific reasons for your decision. Your review should be approximately five typewritten pages, 1,500 words for those of you who use computers. I recommend that you devote the first three pages to a review of the book itself and the remaining two pages to respond to the four guidelines. Please number your pages. I will not accept untyped book reviews submitted as an email attachment or faxed document. The first page of each review should have information on the book which appears as follows: Quintard Taylor, The Forging of a Black Community: Seattle's Central District from 1870 through the Civil Rights Era (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1994) You may choose almost any book on United States history except the ones that are primarily textbooks. Also not eligible are regularly assigned textbooks for any other history courses you are currently taking. You should present your choice either via email or on a sheet of paper to one of the Teaching Assistants by the eighth Friday of the term: Friday, November 18. The completed book review should be handed in by Friday, December 9. Unless prior permission has been granted, no book review will be accepted after the due date. CHAPTER ONE: ESTABLISHING THESE UNITED STATES Terms for Week 1 creed of political equality patriarchy Bacon's Rebellion deference John Locke "tyranny of the majority" "blue laws" Bill of Rights Boston Massacre Loyalists Shay’s Rebellion Colonel Tye Abigail Adams Captain Pipe Stamp Act Crisis The Philadelphia Convention Common Sense Lord Dunmore's Proclamation Directory: qtaylor -> Courses -> 101 USH Courses -> Bibliography African American Urban History, 1700-2007 Courses -> Bibliography: african americans in the american west 101 USH -> United states history Download 1.42 Mb. Share with your friends:
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