American Civilization 101 Topical Outline

Welcome!

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History, Historiography, and Approaches to History

The Background

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The English Legacy and the Decentralist Tradition of America

---The United States Constitution of 1787:
A Moderate Document

The 19th Century Mindset, 1800-1900

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Manifest Destiny, Social Darwin, Aristotle and Social Slavery, Frontier Theory

Road to Civil War, 1850s

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A Consitutional Crisis, 1800-1857

Reconstruction, 1865-1877
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The Executive vs.  the Congress

Late 19th Century and Industrialization
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Populism and Democratizing America
---Digital History: Industrialization and the Working Class
                  Labor in the Age of Industrialization
                  Great Rail Road Strike of 1877
                  Haymarket Square
---Tindall: Rise of Big Business