This is a list of resources for the American Civilization class in the Fall 2005 semester in the History Department at the University of San Diego. The course is taught by Dr. Steven Schoenherr email at ses@sandiego.edu
American Civilization - History 117
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- This class was taught in the Fall 2005 semester.
OUTLINES:
- Before Columbus
- Significance of Columbus
- Why British Colonization?
- Chesapeake Regional Culture
- New England Regional Culture
- New York
- 18th Century Transformations
- Ben Franklin
- Wars for Empire
- Causes of Revolution
- Revolution
- Why the Constitution?
- Federalist Era
- Republican Era
- Aaron Burr
- Economic Takeoff
- Second Party System
- American Renaissance
- Reform Persuasions
- The Old South
- Gone with the Wind
- Causes of the Civil War
- Expansionism
- Nativism
- Decisions of the Civil War
RESOURCES: