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== US History periods timeline & major concepts & themes ==
== Periods, timeline, and major concepts ==


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=== American colonial perceptions viz Britain ===
=== American colonial perceptions viz Britain ===
* citizens or subjects?
* citizens or subjects?
* duty & responsibilities as British
* duty & responsibilities as British subjects
* direct v. indirect representation
* direct v. indirect representation
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== Founding documents & political philosophies ==
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=== Enlightenment ideas ===
=== Enlightenment ideas ===


=== Declaration of Independence ===
=== 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 ===
=== faction & disagreement ===
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=== Two-party system ===
=== Two-party system ===
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== Cultural, social & political intersections ==
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=== 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?
=== private v public lives of Americans ===




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* radio/ tv
* radio/ tv
* political participation  
* political participation  
=== dissent ===
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=== reform movements ===
=== reform movements ===
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* reform (public/ private)
* reform (public/ private)
* fear, crisis, opportunism  
* fear, crisis, opportunism  
== Economic concepts & themes ==
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=== economics ===
=== economics ===
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* business / commerce
* business / commerce
* prosperity
* prosperity


=== panics, recessions, depressions ===
=== panics, recessions, depressions ===
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* Panic of 1907
* Panic of 1907
* Recession of 1920
* Recession of 1920
=== private v public lives of Americans ===