# | DATE | TOPIC | READING | ASSIGNMENTS |
01. | Sep. 03 | Age of Absolutism | Chapter 1 | Quiz #1 bonus |
02. | Sep. 05 | War for Empire | Chapter 1 | Quiz #2 bonus |
03. | Sep. 08 | Ben Franklin | Chapter 1 | |
04. | Sep. 10 | Revolution | Chapter 1 | Quiz #3 in class |
05. | Sep. 12 | Revolution | Chapter 1 | class meets 10:20-11 |
06. | Sep. 15 | Federalist Era | Chapter 2 | Quiz #4 bonus |
07. | Sep. 17 | Federalist Era | Chapter 2 | |
08. | Sep. 19 | Federalist Era | Chapter 2 | Quiz #5 in class |
09. | Sep. 22 | Republican Era | Chapter 2 | |
10. | Sep. 24 | Republican Era | Chapter 2 | Quiz #6 in class |
11. | Sep. 26 | Causes of War of 1812 | Chapter 2 | |
12. | Sep. 29 | Mr. Madison's War | Chapter 2 | |
13. | Oct. 01 | John Quincy Adams | Chapter 3 | 1st report due by e-mail |
14. | Oct. 03 | John Quincy Adams | Chapter 3 | |
15. | Oct. 06 | Daniel Webster | Chapter 3 | |
16. | Oct. 08 | Adams Chronicles 8 | Chapter 3 | no class meeting |
17. | Oct. 10 | Daniel Webster | Chapter 3 | Quiz #7 by email |
18. | Oct. 13 | midterm exam | ||
19. | Oct. 15 | Manifest Destiny | Chapter 3 | |
(Fall Holiday Oct. 17) | ||||
20. | Oct. 20 | Manifest Destiny | Chapter 3 | |
21. | Oct. 22 | Manifest Destiny | Chapter 3 | |
22. | Oct. 24 | Mexican War | Chapter 3 | Quiz #8 bonus |
23. | Oct. 27 | University closed | Chapter 3 | |
24. | Oct. 29 | University closed | Chapter 3 | |
25. | Oct. 31 | Mexican War | Chapter 3 | Quiz #9 bonus |
26. | Nov. 03 | Filibusters | Chapter 4 | 2nd report due by e-mail |
27. | Nov. 05 | Asian Treaties | Chapter 4 | |
28. | Nov. 07 | Asian Treaties | Chapter 4 | Quiz #10 in class |
29. | Nov. 10 | Civil War & Adams | Chapter 4 | Quiz #11 in class |
30. | Nov. 12 | Civil War & Clay | Chapter 5 | |
31. | Nov. 14 | Civil War & Seward | Chapter 5 | Quiz #12 bonus |
32. | Nov. 17 | Economic Imperialism | Chapter 5 | Quiz #13 in class |
33. | Nov. 19 | Ideological Imperialism | Chapter 5 | |
34. | Nov. 21 | Strategic Imperialism | Chapter 6 | |
35. | Nov. 24 | Political Imperialism | Chapter 6 | |
36. | Nov. 26 | Crises of the 1890s | Chapter 6 | Quiz #14 in class |
(Thanksgiving Holiday Nov. 28) | ||||
37. | Dec. 01 | Spanish-American War | Chapter 6 | |
38. | Dec. 03 | Managing the Empire | Chapter 7 | |
39. | Dec. 05 | Teddy Roosevelt | Chapter 7 | 3rd report due by e-mail |
40. | Dec. 08 | Panama | Chapter 7 | extra credit due |
41. | Dec. 10 | Open Door | Chapter 7 | |
42. | Dec. 12 | Dollar Diplomacy | Chapter 7 | |
Dec. 19 | Final Exam 11-1 in PJ215 |