A. Westward Expansion and Economic Growth, 1815-1845

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Dr. Murray

AP U. S. History, 2008-09

Syllabus for Unit 5:

Antebellum America, 1815-1845

A.  Westward Expansion and Economic Growth, 1815-1845

Day 1 Forging a New Identity: Nationalism, Expansion, and the Celebration of Nature

Homework Due: Text, Chapter 9, 171-77.

"Hudson River School," The Grove Dictionary of Art www.groveart.com

Day 2 The Market Economy, the Lowell Experiment, and the Emergence of Industrialization

Homework Due: J. F. Kasson, "Civilizing the Machine," American Record, Vol. I, 198-204 only.

"Timetable of the Lowell Mills," "Title Page," "Editorial Corner," and "Factory Girls," Discovering the American Past, Vol. I, 151, 153-54, 156-58.

Day 3 Film: New York ("Grid/Erie Canal" segment)

[Start 1:24:53 Finish 1:47:54]

Homework Due: Text, Chapter 13, 256-61.

B. Andrew Jackson and the Common Man

Day 4 The Rise of a Democratic Culture

Homework Due: Text, Chapter 10, 184-90.

“Tocqueville Appreciates American Political Participation,” American Passages http://www.wadsworth.com/history_d/special_features/ext/ap/MainAP/welcome.html

Alexis De Tocqueville, Democracy in America, Vol. II, 9-13, 104-06.

Day 5 Indian Removal, the Nullification Crisis, & the Bank War

Homework: Text, Chapter 10, 190-95.

Day 6 Indian Removal, the Nullification Crisis, & the Bank War (continued)

Homework: Text, Chapter 10, 195-202.

C. The Expanding World of Slavery, 1815-1845

Day 7 Film: Africans in America

Homework Due: Text, Chapter 11, 204-11, 223-24.

“William Harper’s Apology,” American Spirit, Vol. I, 363-64.

Day 8 White Society in the Antebellum South

Homework Due: Text, Chapter 11, 211-21.

George Fitzhugh, "The Blessings of Slavery (1857)" American History Online http://longman.awl.com/history/

D. Antebellum Culture and the Second Great Awakening

Day 9 The Second Great Awakening & Antebellum Reform

Homework Due: Text, Chapter 12, 225-34.

"Orestes Brownson Explores the Women Question," American Spirit, Vol. I, 325-26.

Day 10 The “Cult of Domesticity,” Perfectionism, Abolitionism, and the Early Struggle for Women’s Rights

Homework Due: Text, Chapter 12, 234-42.

"The Seneca Falls Manifesto,” "Garrison Launches the Liberator," "Manifesto of the Anti-Slavery Society," and "Lincoln Appraises Abolitionism," American Spirit, Vol. I, 340-43, 367-70, 372-73.

Day 11 Test: Antebellum America, 1815-1845