" U.S. HISTORY SURVEY TO 1865"
HIST1160 as of 8/5/03
PROFESSOR: Dr. James K. Hogue
Department of History Tel: 704-687-4823 (Work)
137 Garinger Hall email: jhogue@uncc.edu
UNC-Charlotte
Charlotte, NC 28223-0001
Fall Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 11:00 PM- 12:30 PM
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is an overview of major developments in the history of the United States from the earliest recorded times to the end of the American Civil War in 1865. Emphasis is placed on understanding the transformation of a series of minor and insignificant outposts of European empires in North America in the seventeenth century into a dynamic, industrializing democracy on the threshold of world power by the second half of the nineteenth century.
UNC-CHARLOTTE GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: This course is also designed to fulfill Goal VI. of the UNC-Charlotte General Education Requirements. Upon successful completion of this course, UNC- Charlotte students should:
-Understand how institutions operate with societies in both contemporary and historical perspectives.
-Understand internal and external influences which promote and inhibit human action.
-Understand the patterns of change which individuals experience at various points in life.
-Recognize the complex, integrated, and dynamic nature of human behavior and human experiences.
-Understand the commonalities, differences, and interdependence among and within societies of the world.
COURSE OBJECTIVES: There will be two mid-term examinations during the semester that will incorporate identification/ significance and essay questions to ensure students have kept abreast of the readings and are improving their analytical and writing skills. The final examination, which will be an open note and open book examination based upon a choice of essay questions assigned by the professor, will be comprehensive and will examine the student's knowledge of course-wide themes and issues.
COURSE EXPECTATIONS: In addition to adhering to the provisions of the University honor code, all students in this class are expected to 1) attend class, 2) perform the assigned readings, 3) strive to improve their writing and, 4) strive to improve their critical reasoning skills. Meeting these expectations almost invariably results in a better grade.
CLASS RULES:
• Attendance is mandatory . Students will be requested to sit in the same seat after the first week to facilitate taking attendance.
• Because attendance will be taken when class begins, all students must be in their seats at that time. Unauthorized late arrivals or early departures will be treated as an absence.
• Eating or drinking anything is not allowed in class.
• Disruptions of a class as large as this one, besides being rude and inconsiderate of other students and the professor, will not be tolerated under any circumstances. If you are unsure of whether some behavior is disruptive, you probably should not be doing it.
COURSE TEXTS:
The following are the prescribed texts for this course:
Murrin, Johnson, McPherson, et. al., Liberty, Equality, and Power, Concise 2 nd ed., (LEP)
Binder and Reimers, The Way We Lived , vol. I, (4th ed.) (B&R)
COURSE OUTLINE:
Week 1: Aug 26 and 28.
Ch 1 of LEP: When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, Conquest, and Catastrophe
Ch 1 of B&R: The First Americans
Week 2: Sep 2 and 4.
Ch 2 of LEP: The Challenge to Spain and the Settlement of North America
Ch 2 of B&R: Conflicting Cultural Values in Early America
Week 3: Sept 9 and 11.
Ch 3 of LEP: England Discovers Its Colonies: Empire, Liberty, and Expansion
Ch 3 of B&R: Husbands and Wives, Parents and Children in Puritan Society
Week 4: Sept 16 and 18.
Ch 4 of LEP: Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent
Ch 4 of B&R: Crossing the Atlantic: The Experience of Slaves and Servants
Ch 5 of LEP: Reform, Resistance, Revolution
Ch 5 of B&R: Eighteenth-Century Religion: Progress and Piety
Week 6: Sept. 30 and Oct 2. READING PERIOD: NO CLASSES
Ch 6 of LEP: The Revolutionary Republic
Ch 7 of B&R: People at War: Society During the American Revolution
Week 7: Oct 7 and 9.
Ch 7 of LEP: The Democratic Republic, 1790-1820
Ch 6 of B&R: Urban Life in the Eighteenth Century
Week 8: Oct 14 and 16.
Ch 8 of LEP: Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815
Week 9: Oct 21 and 23.
Ch 9 of LEP: The Market Revolution, 1815-1860
Ch 8 of B&R: The Onset of Industry: The Lowell Venture
Week 10; Oct 28 and 30.
Ch 10 of LEP: Toward an American Culture
Ch 11 of B&R: Paths to Salvation: Revivalism and Communitarianism
Ch 11 of LEP: Society, Culture, and Politics, 1820- 1840
Ch 13 of B&R: The Age of Reform
Week 12: Nov 11 and 13. . (2nd IN- CLASS MID-TERM EXAM)
Ch 12 of LEP: Jacksonian Democracy
Ch 10 of B&R: Moving West
Week 13: Nov 18 and 20. READING PERIOD: NO CLASSES
Ch 13 of LEP: Manifest Destiny: An Empire for Liberty-- or Slavery?
Ch 14 of B&R: Plantation Society in the Antebellum South
Week 14: Nov 19 and Nov 21.
Ch 14 of LEP: The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860
Ch 12of B&R: New People in a New Land
Week 15: Nov 25 and Nov 27 (no class).
Ch 15 of LEP: Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862
Ch 15 of B&R: The Soldier's Civil War
Week 16: Dec 2 and Dec 4.
Ch 16 of LEP: A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865
Ch 16 of B&R: Reconstruction and Free Plantation Labor
-Review course notes and course readings.
-Hand out course take home final.
Final Exam Period: Tuesday, Dec. 18, 8:00- 11:00AM.
-Hand in final exam.
Evaluation:
Attendance Policy:
-Missing more than 5 classes: Reduction of one letter grade.
-Missing more than 10 classes: Automatic failure of the course.
Mid Term Exam I: 100 points 25%
Mid Term Exam II: 100 points 25%
Total 400 points 100%
Grade Scale:
A 90-100%
B 80-90%
C 70-80%
D 60-70%
F Below 60 %
Final:
The final exam must be delivered by hand. It cannot be faxed, mailed, or e-mailed. Submission of the final is mandatory to pass the course. Additional instructions will appear on the final exam sheet. All exceptions must be approved by the course instructor.