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* | * Pre-Columbian Americas | ||
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'''BIG IDEAS''' | '''BIG IDEAS''' | ||
<big>''' | <big>'''What does it MEAN? '''</big> | ||
* | * every issue, dispute, event, represents someone’s perspective, ideal or outlook | ||
<big>''' | * | ||
* | <big>'''connections'''</big> | ||
* how are events related? | |||
* what common themes occur across American history | |||
<big>''' | |||
<big>'''causality'''</big> | |||
* >> | * >> | ||
<big>'''Constitutionalism'''</big> | |||
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=== | |||
=== "The American Experience" === | |||
* religious, economic & political freedom | |||
* “land of opportunity” | |||
* "The American Promise” | |||
* slavery, segregation, discrimination | |||
* land ownership | |||
* self-governance & political participation | |||
* >> get into modern experience | |||
=== colonialism & push-pull factors === | |||
* opportunity | |||
* primogeniture | |||
>> build out | |||
=== American colonial perceptions viz Britain === | |||
* citizens or subjects? | |||
* duty & responsibilities as British | |||
* direct v. indirect representation | |||
=== Enlightenment ideas === | |||
=== Declaration of Independence === | |||
=== self-governance/ self-government === | |||
* extents and limits of self-government | |||
* to consider: | |||
** what does it mean and how do different people & times interpret it? | |||
** what is democracy? How can it work? What are its limits? How does it empower people? | |||
=== faction & disagreement === | |||
* sectionalism | |||
* political parties | |||
* compromise | |||
* conflict | |||
* radicalism | |||
* dissent | |||
* to consider: | |||
** How do Americans resolve disputes? | |||
** Why do some Americans feel isolated and start radical movements? | |||
** How do the big political parties adapt to those movements? | |||
=== Constitution=== | |||
* forms the structure of the federal government | |||
* what does "to form a more perfect union" mean? | |||
* Bill of Rights | |||
* Constitutional principles | |||
* judicial review | |||
* change over time in interpretations, | |||
=== Bill of Rights === | |||
* = strong expression of what is important to Americans: | |||
* 1st amendment as expression of American ideals: freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, petition of government | |||
=== slavery === | |||
* expansion of slavery | |||
* experience of slaves | |||
* consequences of slavery | |||
** upon slaves and former slaves | |||
** upon slave-owners | |||
** upon white non-slave owners | |||
=== western expansion === | |||
* >>details | * >>details | ||
=== | === religious awakenings === | ||
* >>details | * >>details | ||
=== | === politics & democracy === | ||
* | * Tocqueville | ||
* cultural expression | |||
* news and journalism, “pamphleteering” | |||
* radio/ tv | |||
* political participation | |||
=== dissent === | |||
* | |||
=== reform movements === | |||
* public and private | |||
* religious awakenings | |||
* agitation for reform | |||
* reform (public/ private) | |||
* fear, crisis, opportunism | |||
=== economics === | |||
* banks/ debt | |||
* hard money v. soft money | |||
* tariff | |||
* business / commerce | |||
* prosperity | |||
* “panics” / depressions | |||
=== private v public lives of Americans === | |||
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