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Dr. Kevin F. Decker
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Department of History
State University of New York
College at Plattsburgh


HISTORY 101: UNITED STATES CIVILIZATION BEFORE 1877

SPRING 2005

ASSIGNMENTS

Map Quiz Topics:
Quiz I:  Native American Environments (Atlas of American History, 11).
Quiz II:  Colonial North America 1750 (Atlas of American History, 21).
Quiz III:  Eastern United States (Atlas of American History, 64-65).
Quiz IV:  Western United States (Atlas of American History, 64-65).
Quiz V:  Westward Expansion (Atlas of American History, 36-37).
Quiz VI:  Secession 1860-1861 (Atlas of American History, 42).
Sample Outline Maps:
North America
United States (contours)
United States (states)
Examination Topics:
Exam I:  
Electronic Reserve Selections at Feinberg Library
From:  Billings, Warren M., ed.  The Old Dominion in the Seventeenth Century:  A Documentary History of Virginia, 1606-1689.   Chapel Hill, NC:  University of North Carolina Press, 1975.
(Students are advised to print a copy and bring it to class on 7 February 2005)
Exam II:
Demos, John.  The Unredeemed Captive.  New York, NY:   Random House, Inc., 1994.
Exam III:
Stowe, Harriet Beecher.  Uncle Tom's Cabin.  New York, NY:   W. W. Norton & Co., 1994.

PBS Broadcasts:
Slavery and the Making of America
This four segment documentary is a course assignment with broadcasts commencing on Wednesday, February 9 at 9:00 p.m. on PBS.  (2 hrs.)  The conclusion is scheduled for Wednesday, February 16 at 9:00 p.m. on PBS.  (2 hrs.)
Directed Readings:
Jamestown Artifacts
The Salem Witch Trials, 1692
To Form a More Perfect Union
British Burn Washington, DC, 1814
Catharine Beecher: The Profession of a Woman
The California Gold Rush, 1849
Crossing the Plains, 1865
Aboard a Slave Ship, 1829
Escape From Slavery, 1838
Africana on Line Topic: Slavery
Excerpt from Diary of a Confederate Spy
Seneca Falls Convention
The Seneca Falls Declaration on Women's Rights
Battlefield Tragedy, 1862
Carnage At Antietam, 1862
The Battle Of Gettysburg, 1863
Lee's Retreat from Gettysburg, 1863
Lincoln Enters Richmond, 1865
Surrender At Appomattox, 1865
The Death of Abraham Lincoln, 1865
The Death Of John Wilkes Booth, 1865 

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