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History 109
Summer 2015
Prof. John Putman

Gateway

 Syllabus

American Civilization Since the Civil War

July

August

7/6         EUROPEAN EXPANSION AND SETTLEMENTS: SOUTH AND NORTH

                          Reading: Foner, Ch. 1-3

Reading:  Wood, Chapter 1-4

 7/13          BRITISH EMPIRE AND ROAD TO REVOLUTION

   Reading: Foner, Ch. 4-6

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7/20           THE NEW NATION AND JEFFERSON'S AMERICA

                              Reading: Foner, Ch. 7-8

MIDTERM --THURSDAY

7/27         THE MARKET REVOLUTION AND THE AGE OF JACKSON

Reading: Foner, Ch. 9-10

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8/3           SLAVERY AND THE NATION                             

Reading: Foner, Ch. 11-13                            

Reading: Douglass, (All)

PAPER DUE--THURSDAY

8/10           THE CIVIL WAR, EMANCIPATION, AND RECONSTRUCTION                               

Reading: Foner, Ch. 14-15                             

FINAL EXAM: THURSDAY, AUGUST 13TH

*Schedule is subject to change                                 

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