History of the United States course syllabus old
Department of English & American Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Matej Bel University | |
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WEEK |
TOPIC |
1 |
Colonial Period (1606 - 1774) |
Amerindians. First European explorers. Early settlements. Virginia and New England. The Thirteen colonies. The French and Indian War (1756 -1763) |
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2 |
Towards Independence (1775 -1783) |
The Origins of Revolution. Britain's policy towards the colonies. The Continental Congress. Declaration of Independence. |
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3 |
The Formation of a National Government (1777 -1791) |
The Articles of Confederation. The lack of central power. Constitutional Convention. The Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Federalists and Republicans. |
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4 |
Westward Expansion: Manifest Destiny |
The Louisiana Purchase. The War of 1812. The Monroe Doctrine. The Missouri Compromise. Indian Removal. |
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5 |
The Civil War and Reconstruction (1861 - 1877) |
Sectionalism: North and South. Slavery issue: F. Douglas, the Underground Railway and Abolitionists. A. Lincoln. Civil War. Reconstruction. |
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6 |
Years of Growth and the American Empire |
The Indian Wars and the American West. Industry and technology. Robber Barons. Immigration. The Spanish - American War. |
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7 |
TEST I (on topics 1 - 6) |
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Discontent and Reform |
The Robber Barons. The farmers and populism. Labour movement. Reformers and progressives. T. Roosevelt. Jim Crow laws. |
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9 |
War and Prosperity (1917 - 1929) |
World War I. Wilson's Fourteen Points. The Roaring twenties. Prohibition. The Suffragists. Big business. |
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10 |
Depression and the New Deal (1929 -1938) |
Crash and depression. F. D. Roosevelt and the policy of New Deal. Isolationism and the outside world. |
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11 |
From Isolationism to Hiroshima: World War II. |
End of neutrality. War in the Pacific. War in Europe. The birth of Atomic age: Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The post-war settlement. |
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12 |
Cold War and Conflict Abroad: America in the Fifties |
Truman Doctrine. McCarthyism and "Red Scare". Korean War. Civil Rights movement and desegregation. |
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13 |
America in the Sixties and Early Seventies |
J.F.K. The Vietnam War. Martin Luther King. R. Nixon and the Watergate Affair. |