This course explores the changes in American society caused by four "revolutions": the expansion of a market economy, the democratization of politics, the rise of industrial manufacturing, and the triumph of evangelical Protestantism. It then analyzes three sets of related or consequential developments: intellectual radicalism and social reform, westward expansion, and the sectional dispute over African-American slavery that precipitated the Civil War.

BOOKS FOR PURCHASE:

Martin Bruegel, Farm, Shop, Landing: The Rise of Market Society in the Hudson Valley, 1780-1860 (Duke University Press, 2002)

Charles Joyner, Down by the Riverside: A South Carolina Slave Community (University of Illinois Press, 1985) (University of Illinois Press, 1995)

John Mack Faragher, Sugar Creek: Life on the Illinois Prairie (Yale University Press, 1986)

Theda Perdue and Michael Green, The Cherokee Removal (Bedford/St. Martin's, 1995)

Harry L. Watson, Andrew Jackson vs. Henry Clay (Bedford/St. Martin's, 1998)

Kathryn Kish Sklar, Women's Rights Emerges within the Anti-Slavery Movement (Bedford/St. Martin's, 2000)

COURSE STRUCTURE

LECTURES. The lectures will offer a comprehensive analysis and interpretation. You will need to know this material to do well on the final exam. Usually the lectures will last for 45-50 minutes.

CLASS PARTICIPATION Either before or after each lecture, there will be a discussion of the reading assigned for that day. You should have completed the assigned reading and should be prepared to contribute to the discussion.

WRITING ASSIGNMENTS There are two sorts of writing assignments:

1. Weekly Quiz. Beginning in Week 2, there will be a 10 minute quiz at the class meeting every Thursday. The quiz will be based on the assigned reading for that week.

2. Papers. Each student will write 2 papers based on the material in the assigned books. You will have a choice of writing on the Farm Economy/Social Structure (Breugel/Faragher), Cherokee/Western Settlement (Perdue/Faragher), Jacksonian/Whig Politics (Watson/Faragher), or Anti-slavery/Women/Slavery (Sklar/Joyner). Topics will be handed out. These papers should be typewritten and about 1,500 words in length (about 6 double-spaced typewritten pages).

COURSE GRADING.
Your grade for the course will be calculated as follows: Class Participation, including quizzes: 33.3%    Papers 33.3%     Final Exam: 33.4     PLEASE NOTE: Final Exam is TUESDAY, MAY 18, from 1:30 to 3:30 in the regular classroom, Key Hall 1117. Please make certain that you attend; make-up exams are not normally given.

COURSE ORGANIZATION AND READING ASSIGNMENTS

Week 2 The Expansion of Markets        (February 2-6)
           Tues. Bruegel, Farm, Shop, Landing, chaps. 2-3
           Thur. Bruegel, Farm, Shop, Landing, chap. 4       Weekly Quizzes Begin

Week 3 A Changing Economic and Social Structure        (February 9-13)
           Tues. Bruegel, Farm, Shop, Landing, chaps. 5-6
           Thur. Bruegel, Farm, Shop, Landing, chap. 7 and Conclusion

Week 5 Indian Removal        (February 23-27)
         Tues. Perdue, The Cherokee Removal, pp. 1-57        Paper on Farm Society Due
        Thur. Perdue, The Cherokee Removal, pp. 58-128; Watson, Jackson, pp. 166-174

Week 6 The Westward Movement of European Americans        (March 1-5)
         Tues. Perdue, Cherokee Removal, pp. 128-175
         Thur. Faragher, Sugar Creek, pp. 1-36

Week 7 Jacksonian Presidency        (March 8-12)
         Tues. Watson, Andrew Jackson vs. Henry Clay, pp. 71-92, 175-213
         Thur. Watson, Andrew Jackson vs. Henry Clay, pp. 92-118, 214-250

Week 11 The Northeast: Industry and Immigrants        (April 12-16)
         Tues. Joyner, Riverside , pp. 140-195
         Thur. Joyner, Riverside, pp. 196-242

Week 12 The West: Manifest Destiny        (April 19-23)

         Tues. Faragher, Sugar Creek, pp. 39-86
         Thur. Faragher, Sugar Creek, pp. 87-118

Part V: DISRUPTING THE UNION