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The University of Texas at Arlington
Instructor: Dr. Allen Repko
Office Hours: 12:00-12:30 M-R & by appointment
Phone: 817-272-2338
HIST 1311.009 UH 115 12:30-1:50 P.M.
Office: UH 209 Email: [email protected]
AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865
SPRING 2004
“The past is prologue”
[Inscription on the National Archives, Washington, D.C.]
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
History 1311 begins the story of America’s transformation from thirteen diverse colonies
to a loose confederation of states under the Articles of Confederation, and ultimately to a
union of states under the present Constitution. This union, however, was fractured from
its inception by competing visions of the future. The most divisive issue during this
period was the expansion of plantation slavery. This institution profoundly impacted the
young nation as it grew economically, demographically, technologically, geographically,
politically and religiously. The tensions resulting from slavery’s interrelationship with
these developments ultimately resulted in civil war. If the Revolution is the most
important event in American history, then the Civil War is certainly the second most
important event. Over this epic struggle towers the figure of Abraham Lincoln. His ideas,
his values, his moral and religious character, guided the Union to ultimate victory and
forever changed the nation.
REQUIRED READING:
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Murrin, John M., et. al. Liberty Equality Power . Volume 1. Third edition. Fort
Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 2002.
Allen C. Guelzo, Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President. Grand Rapids, Michigan:
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1999, pb.
COURSE GRADE & GRADING SCALE:
There are 300 possible points to be earned as follows:
ACTIVITY
POINTS
ATTENDANCE
QUIZZES (6 total, 5 pts each)
EXAM #1
25
25
50
EXAM #2
50
FINAL
50
LINCOLN ESSAY
100
TOTAL POINTS:
300
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The grading scale is as follows:
A=90-100 270-300
D=60-69
180-209
B=80-89 240-269
F=59 or below 180
C=70-79 210-239
Incompletes (X) will not be given unless the student demonstrates extreme need.
NOTE: If you require an accommodation based on a disability, I would like to meet with you in the
privacy of my office during the first week of the semester to insure that you are appropriately
accommodated.
ACADEMIC POLICIES:
1. Attendance: Regular attendance is required and will be recorded beginning on Census
Date. It is the student’s responsibility to insure that his/her attendance is accurately
recorded each class meeting. MWF students are permitted two unexcused absences
during the semester; TR students are permitted one. Each unexcused absence will
result in the loss of 3 points (see “Academic Policies” below). An absence will be
considered excused if and only if it is caused by illness, automobile accidents, death of
immediate family members, military service, or job requirements. These absences must
be documented by the student.
2. Exams: Exams #1, #2, and the Final will be objective consisting of multiple choice,
matching, and True/False.
3. Missed exams can only be made up with the instructor’s permission and at his
convenience. Only those students who have compelling and documented reasons for
missing an exam are entitled to take a make-up exam. Nervousness, lack of preparation,
forgetting the time of the exam, having other exams, vacations, weddings, etc., are not
compelling excuses. Make-up exams must be taken within two weeks of the scheduled
exam. If a student, due to illness or accident, is unable to take an exam at the appointed
time, the student must call or email the instructor concerning this prior to the exam.
4. Quizzes: Six quizzes will be administered, each worth 5 points. The maximum
number of quiz points a student may accumulate is 25. Once a student reaches 25 points,
he/she is no longer obligated to take additional quizzes.
5. Missed quizzes: Quizzes may be made up only if the student has a valid excuse for
having missed the quiz and only if it is made up prior to the next quiz.
6. The Lincoln Essay: The due date of the Lincoln Essay and the due dates for portions
of the essay are specified in the course calendar. IN the event there is a date change, it
will be announced in class. It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of any date
changes.
7. Late Lincoln Essays: There will be a 5 point deduction in the grade if the essay is not
handed at the beginning of class on the specified due date. There will be a 10 point
deduction for every day that the essay is late.
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8. Academic Dishonesty Policy: Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to,
cheating, plagiarism, collusion, the submission for credit any work or materials that are
attributable in whole or in part to another person, taking an examination for another
person, any act designed to give unfair advantage to a student, or the attempt to commit
such acts. Students who violate University rules on scholastic dishonesty are subject to
disciplinary penalties, including the possibility of failure in the course and dismissal from
the University. Since the dishonesty harms the individual, all students, and the integrity
of the University, policies on scholastic dishonesty will be strictly enforced.
NOTE: Using internet material and passing it off as your own work is plagiarism and is
unacceptable.
COURSE WEBSITE:
Consult my website at www.uta.edu/faculty/repko for course syllabus/calendar and all
materials specified in the calendar as “DOWNLOAD.” Click on the HIST 1311 icon.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
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To explain how and why the plantation slavery system developed in the American
colonies.
To identify those values which united the thirteen colonies in their struggle against the
British Parliament and Crown and how those values were enshrined in the Declaration
of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution.
To explain how the Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution dealt with the
issue of slavery and its expansion.
To explain the unique characteristics of American technology and industrialization
and how these contributed to sectionalism and the expansion of plantation slavery.
To explain the role of religion in American life from the colonial period to the
outbreak of Civil War, and how religion interacted with the institution of slavery.
To explain the origins of the Civil War and why the various political compromises
failed to hold the Union together.
To explain the ascendancy of the Republic Party and how the election of Abraham
Lincoln contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War.
To describe Lincoln’s ideas about slavery, union, and the economy and how his ideas
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HIST 1311 COURSE CALENDAR
WEEK #1: WHEN WORLD’S COLLIDE
JAN 20 TUES: Review of Syllabus & Calendar
INTRODUCTION: The Integrating Theme of the Course
Assignment for Thursday:
1. READ: Murrin 39-43, and ch 2 (hereinafter cited as “M”)
2. READ: Charles C. Mann’s essay, “1491” and “The Pristine Myth”
interview in the Atlantic Monthly, http://www.theatlantic.com. These
articles are downloadable from my website.
JAN 22 THUR: Unit 1: “The Expansion of European Capitalism and the Coming
of Plantation Slavery to North America”
Discussion of Mann essay.
Assignment for Tuesday:
1. READ: “England Discovers Its Colonies” (M 3)
WEEK #2: ENGLAND’S CHALLENGE TO SPAIN FOR WORLD DOMINATION
AND THE SETTLEMENT OF NORTH AMERICA
JAN 27 TUES: Unit 2: “The Birth of the American Dream: The Puritans and the
Dream of the Good Life” (new)
Discussion: M-3
Assignment for Thursday:
1. READ: “Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent” (M 4)
JAN 29 THUR: Unit 3: “Plantation Slavery versus the First ‘Great Awakening’”
QUIZ #1 M-1 (pp. 39-43), 2,3, lectures 2-3.
Discussion: M-4
Assignment for Tuesday:
1. READ: “Reform, Resistance, Revolution” (M 5)
WEEK #3: THE REVOLUTION AGAINST COLONIALISM
FEB 3
TUES: Unit 4: “A New Religion for America’s Gentry: Republicanism &
the Dream of Freedom (the Declaration of Independence)”
Discussion: M 5
Assignment for Thursday:
1. READ: “The Revolutionary Republic” (M 6)
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FEB 4
WED: CENSUS DATE
FEB 5 THUR: Unit 5: “The Failure of Republicanism: Slavery’s Role Under the
Articles of Confederation”
Discussion: M 6
QUIZ #2: Covers M-4-5; lectures 4-5
Explanation of Slavery Essay Project
Assignment for Tuesday:
1. Begin reviewing class notes for Exam #1
WEEK #4: THE GREAT EXPERIMENTS: CONFEDERATION & REPUBLIC
FEB 10 TUES: Unit 6: “The Crisis of Republicanism Leads to the Federal
Constitution”
Assignment for Thursday:
1. Review for Exam #1
FEB 12 THUR: Unit 7: Video: “Thomas Jefferson”
Assignment for Tuesday:
1. Review for Exam #1
WEEK #5: THOMAS JEFFERSON
FEB 17 TUES: EXAM #1 (Covers M pp. 39-43, chps 2-6; Lectures 1-6, Mann essay,
+ Jefferson Video)
REVIEW of Exam #1 will immediately follow the exam
Assignment for Thursday:
1. READ: “The Democratic Republic, 1790-1820” (M 7)
FEB 19 THUR: Return Exam 1
Unit 8A: “Three Crises: The Death of the Federalist Party,
Missouri, and the Crash of 1919”
Assignment for Tuesday:
1. READ: “The Democratic Republic, 1790-1820” (M 7)
WEEK #6: SLAVERY, POLITICS, AND WAR
FEB 24 TUES: Unit 8B: “Three Crises: The Death of the Federalist Party,
Missouri, and the Crash of 1919” (CONT’D)
Discussion: M 7
Assignment for Tuesday:
1. READ: “Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815” (M 8)
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FEB 26 THUR: Unit 9: “The Second Great Awakening & Democratic Politics,
1780-1830”
Discussion: M-8
Assignment for Thursday:
1. READ: “The Market Revolution, 1815-1860” (M 9)
FEB 27 FRI:
END OF FIRST DROP PERIOD
WEEK #7: RELIGION, ECONOMICS, AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS
MAR 2 TUES: Unit 10A: “The Jackson Era, 1824-1837”
Discussion: M 9
Assignment due Thursday:
1. READ: “Toward An American Culture” (M-10)
MAR 4 THURS: Unit 10B: :The Jackson Era, 1824-1837”
QUIZ #3: Covers M-7-8, lectures 8-9
Discussion: M 10
Assignment due Tuesday:
(1) READ: “Society, Culture, and Politics, 1820s-1840s” (M 11)
(2) READ: “Jacksonian Democracy” (M 12)
WEEK #8: EXPANSION, WAR, AND SLAVERY
MAR 9 TUES: Unit 11: “Sectionalism, Slavery & The War with Mexico,
1846-1850”
Discussion: M 11-12
Assignment for Thursday:
(1) READ: “Manifest Destiny: An Empire For Liberty—Or Slavery?”
(M 13)
MAR 11: THUR: Unit 12: “The Compromise of 1850”
Discussion: M 13
Assignment for Tuesday, March 23:
(1) Prepare for EXAM #2
(2) DOWNLOAD LINCOLN PROJECT STUDY GUIDE
WEEK #9: SPRING VACATION (MARCH 15-MARCH 21)
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WEEK #10: THE COMPROMISE OF 1850
MAR 23 TUES: EXAM #2: COVERS Murrin7-13; Lectures (Units) 8-12
REVIEW of Exam #2 will immediately follow the exam.
Assignment for Thursday:
(1) READ: “The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860” (M-14)
(2) READ: Guelzo, Intro + chpt. 1
MAR 25 THUR: Unit 13A: “The Fugitive Slave Act, the Kansas-Nebraska Act,
and “Bleeding Kansas”
Discussion: M 14; Guelzo, Intro + chpt. 1
Assignment for Tuesday:
(1) READ: Guelzo, ch. 2
WEEK #11: BLEEDING KANSAS AND THE RISE OF THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY
MAR 30 TUES: Unit 13B “The Fugitive Slave Act, the Kansas-Nebraska Act,
and “Bleeding Kansas” (CONT’D)
Discussion: Guelzo, ch. 2
Assignment for Thursday:
(1) READ: Guelzo, ch. 3
APR 1 THUR: Unit 14: “Dred Scott, the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, and the
Panic of 1857”
Discussion: Guelzo, ch. 3
QUIZ# 4: COVERS Guelzo, Intro + chs. 1-3
Assignment for Tuesday:
(1) READ: Guelzo, ch. 4
WEEK #12: ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE REVOLUTION OF 1860
APR 6 TUES: Unit 15: “Harper’s Ferry, Lincoln’s Election, Secession, and
War”
Discussion: Guelzo, ch. 4
Assignment for Thursday:
(1) READ: Guelzo, ch. 5
APR 8 THUR: Unit 16: “The Political and Cultural Divide on the Eve of the
Civil War”
Discussion: Guelzo, ch. 5
QUIZ #5: Covers Guelzo, chs. 4-5
Assignment for Tuesday:
(1) READ: M 15
(2) READ: Guelzo, ch. 6
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WEEK #13: SECESSION AND CIVIL WAR
APR 13 TUES: Unit 17: VIDEO: The Civil War #1: “The Cause: 1861” (pt. 1)
Discussion: Guelzo, chpt 6
Assignment for Thursday:
(1) READ: Guelzo, ch 7
APR 15 THUR: Unit 18: VIDEO: The Civil War #5: “The Universe of Battle:
1863”
Discussion: Guelzo, ch. 7
QUIZ #6: COVERS Guelzo, chs. 6-7
Assignment for Tuesday:
(1) READ: Guelzo, ch. 8
APR 16 FRI: LAST DAY TO DROP COURSES
WEEK #14: THE POINT OF TURNING: 1863
APR 20 TUES: Unit 19: OPEN
DISCUSSION: Guelzo ch. 8
Assignment for Thursday:
(1) READ: Guelzo ch. 9 + Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address
APR 22 THUR: Unit 20: DISCUSSION: Guelzo, ch. 9
QUIZ #7: COVERS Guelzo chs. 8-9
Assignment for Tuesday:
(1) READ: Guelzo ch. 10: “Malice Toward None” + Epilog
WEEK #15: THE WAR GRINDS ON
APR 27 TUES: LINCOLN PROJECT DUE
THE PROJECT IS IN THE FORM OF AN IN-CLASS OBJECTIVE
EXAM WORTH 100 POINTS OF 300 POSSIBLE POINTS FOR THE
COURSE.
APR 29 THUR: Unit 21: VIDEO: The Civil War #7 “Most Hallowed Ground”
Assignment for Thursday:
(1) Complete Lincoln Project
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WEEK #16: TOTAL WAR TO SAVE THE UNION
MAY 4 TUES: Unit 22: VIDEO: The Civil War #8: “War Is Hell: 1865”
MAY 6 THUR: Unit 24: Lecture: “The Significance of the Civil War in American
History”
Discussion: ch. 10 + Epilog
Assignment for Final Exam:
(1) READ: “A New Birth of Freedom” (M 16)
FRI: LAST DAY OF CLASSES
WEEK #16: FINAL EXAM WEEK (MAY 8-14)
MAY 11 TUES: FINAL EXAM: COVERS ALL MATERIAL SINCE EXAM #2.
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