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Introduction To American History: Jane Bayly (Nantes) Sandra Cornuault (La Roche S/yon) Ambre Ivol (Nantes)
Introduction To American History: Jane Bayly (Nantes) Sandra Cornuault (La Roche S/yon) Ambre Ivol (Nantes)
Introduction to
American History
THE LAND
Part II
THE PEOPLE
Part III
THE INSTITUTIONS
“The Country” chapter taken from the book American Civilization by David Mauk and
John Oakland (Since Pauwels does not include a chapter on Geography, the Mauk
document available on Madoc is required.)
Chapter 3 “Land of Immigrants” (pp. 46-63); Chapter 4 “The Population” (pp. 64-73);
Chapter 5 “Ethnic Minorities” (pp. 74-89); “C. School Desegregation” (p. 92); “D.
Bilingual Education” (p. 92); “D. Religion, Class and Race” (p. 151-2); “3.
Racism” (p. 187-8); “4. Poverty” (p. 188-9)
EXAM
Multiple-choice test
January
One hour
BOTH US and British History
+ Introduction to the US through Maps
North America
Includes
Greenland
Alaska
Canada
The USA
Mexico
The Caribbean
Islands: Cuba, The
Bahamas, Haiti and
the Dominican
Republic
US+Canada: 80%
Map 2 :
The United States: A Product of European History
Borders
Perpetual flux
Mid-18th century
settlements:
European powers:
France (red)
Britain (yellow)
Spain (green)
Russia (dark blue)
Map 3.
+ Territorial Expansion
from the 1780s to the 1850s
Acquisitions
Purchases
Cessions*
= buying/selling
= wars
Disputed regions
* To cede land
9/12/18
+ Map 4. Slave versus Free States (1820)
linked
Institution of
slavery
Land
administration
Disagreements
increased
over time
+ Map. 5: The Civil War : 1860-1865
Balance of
Power
Secession
To Secede
The Union
The
Confederation
Map 6. Indian Removal Policy
in the first half of the 19th Century
Relocation
Devastating
Forced
Familiar
Foreign
Trek / March
Trail of Tears
+ Map 7. The Continent = The United States
1890s:
The Closing of the
Frontier
20th century:
Expansion Abroad
Domestic
On this map:
Regional identites
+ The Northeast
White House
Wall Street
+ The Midwest
Farmbelt
agriculture
‘heartland’
embodies
Rustbelt
industrial center
Detroit
derelict
+ The South
Cotton
Deep South
Slavery - 1865
Racial Segregation
- 1960s
+ The West
Land of opportunity
Fruit (California)