11/26/14

1)  Notes ("The Northeast and the Midwest: The Industrial Revolution Accelerates")
2)  Go over second Test 4 essay question
3)  Continue/finish Documentary Evidence of Slavery
--Finish during break if you don't finish in class

4)  Homework: Textbook, pages 368-376 ("Manifest Destiny")
Focus your reading on:  a) Manifest Destiny  b) John Tyler  c) "Fifty-four forty or fight!"

For Tuesday:  a) Bring laptops if you usually do for the lab.  We will be registering for PCC credit.
b)  Bring PCC G number if you already have one.

11/25/14

1)  Notes ("Abolitionists: Holy Warriors")
2)  Ungraded, anonymous quiz used as a review for Unit 4
3)  Test 4 possible essay questions:

    1)  Did Andrew Jackson use the power of his office wisely and/or justly in dealing with each of the following issues?

a) The role of the Second Bank of the United States
b)  The tariff and nullification crisis
c)  The status of Native Americans

2)  What elements contributed most to the distinctiveness of Southern society?


4)  Read out of books provided (primary sources from former slaves), then do assignment
"Documentary Evidence of Slavery" (Day 1 of 2).

5)  Homework: Start preparing for Test 4 (next Wednesday, 12/3).  Prepare an outline for the first test question.

11/24/14

1)  Notes ("Abolitionism")
2)  Finish "Roots"
--Discuss/hand in notes

3)  Homework: James Brewer Stewart reading in Blue Reader ("Abolitionists: Holy Warriors")
Focus your reading on:  a) Why were some abolitionists called "holy warriors"?  b) 2 groups many abolitionists misjudged about their beliefs on slavery

11/21/14

1)  Notes ("The Slave South: An Interpretation")
2)  Continue "Roots"
--Another 1/2 page of notes

3)  Homework: Textbook, pages 352-358 ("Abolitionism")
Focus your reading on:  a) American Colonization Society  b) Nat Turner

11/20/14

1)  Notes ("The Proslavery Argument Revisited")

2)  Continue watching "Roots"

--Discuss notes so far

--Take another 1/2 page of notes

3)  Homework: Eugene Genovese reading in Blue Reader ("The Slave South: An Interpretation")

Focus your reading on:  a) Southern economic system vs. typical capitalist system  b) Rich Southerners' goals vs. rich Northerners' goals

11/19/14

1)  Notes ("A Troublesome Property")
2)  Continue "Roots"
--Another 1/2 page of notes

3)  Homework: Ralph Morrow reading in Blue Reader ("The Proslavery Argument Revisited")
Focus your reading on:  Which group of people did Southern slaveholders try the hardest to convince that slavery was a good thing?

11/18/14

1)  Part D of Research Paper due
2)  Notes ("The Slave South: A Distinctive Society") and ("The Black Slave Driver"
3)  Continue watching "Roots"
--Another 1/2 page of notes

4)  Homework: Kenneth Stampp reading in Blue Reader ("A Troublesome Property")
Focus your reading on:  Why did slaveowners consider slaves a "troublesome property"?