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Readings Handout #5
Dr. Rezelman

 

Jeffersonians and Jacksonians, 1800-1845
 
  1. Thomas Jefferson
    1. main readings
      1. American History: "Election of 1800"  (1 page)
      2. American History: "Tripolitan War"  (1 page)
      3. American History: "Aaron Burr"  (2 pages)
      4. American History: "Louisiana Purchase"  (1 page)
      5. American History: "Lewis and Clark Expedition"  (2 pages)
      6. ANB: "Sacagawea"  (2 pages)
      7. DAH: "Embargo Act"  (2 pages)
      8. ANB: "Jefferson, Thomas"  (6 pages)
        1. (everything after "Secretary of State under
           Washington's Administration") 
    2. suggested readings
      1. ANB: "Jefferson, Thomas"  (the rest)
        1. (anything else I haven't already assigned from this) 
      2. American History: "Thomas Jefferson"  (4 pages)
      3. EBO: "Louisiana Purchase"  (3 pages)
      4. EBO: "Lewis and Clark Expedition"  (1 page)
      5. American History: "Meriwether Lewis"  (2 pages)
      6. American History: "William Clark"  (2 pages)
      7. American History: "Sacajawea"  (1 page)
      8. Oxford Companion to United States History: "Embargo Acts"  (1 page)
      9. EBO: "Burr, Aaron"  (2 pages)
      10. DAH: "Burr-Hamilton Duel"  (1 page)
    3. A.P. readings
      1. EBO: "Jefferson, Thomas: Slavery and Racism"  (3 pages)
         
  2. Jeffersonian America
    1. main readings
      1. DAH: "Jeffersonian Democracy"  (2 pages)
      2. American History: "Jeffersonian Democracy"  (3 pages)
      3. American History: "Charles Grandison Finney"  (2 pages)
    2. suggested readings
      1. American History: "Second Great Awakening"  (1 page)
    3. A.P. readings
      1. ANB: "Page, Ann Randolph Meade"  (3 pages)
      2. DAH: "Religious Liberty"  ("Colonial Period")  (2 pages)
      3. DAH: "Church and State, Separation of"  (first page)
         
  3. The War of 1812
    1. main readings
      1. American History: "James Barron"  (2 pages)
      2. DAH: "War of 1812"  (7 pages)
      3. American History: "Oliver Hazard Perry"  (3 pages)
      4. American History: "Hartford Convention"  (2 pages)
    2. suggested readings
      1. American History: "War Hawk"  (1 paragraph)
      2. American History: "Chesapeake-Leopard Affair"  (2 pages)
      3. American History: "War of 1812"  (5 pages)
      4. EBO: "War Hawk"  (1 page)
      5. EBO: "Constitution"  (1 page)
        1. (the ship, not the document!)
      6. American History: "Stephen Decatur"  (2 pages)
      7. American History: "Battle of New Orleans"  (2 pages)
      8. DAH: "Hartford Convention"  (1 page)
      9. DAH: "Ghent, Treaty of"  (2 pages)
         
  4. The "Era of Good Feelings"
    1. main readings
      1. American History: "Virginia Dynasty"  (1 paragraph)
      2. American History: "Democratic-Republican Party"  (2 pages)
      3. EBO: "James Madison: Madison Presidency"  (2 pages)
      4. American History: "James Monroe"  (3 pages)
      5. American History: "John Quincy Adams"  (3 pages)
      6. EBO: "John Quincy Adams: Presidency and Feud with Jackson"  (2 pages)
      7. Oxford Guide to the U. S. Government: "Monroe Doctrine"  (first page only)
    2. suggested readings
      1. ANB: "John Quincy Adams"  (8 pages)
         
  5. Jacksonian Democracy
    1. main readings
      1. American History: "Andrew Jackson"  (4 pages)
      2. American History: "Jacksonian Democracy"  (4 pages)
      3. DAH: "Jacksonian Democracy"  (3 pages)
    2. suggested readings
      1. ANB: "Andrew Jackson"  (10 pages)
      2. "Rounding Out 'Sharp Knife's' Rough Edges"  (1 page)
    3. A.P. readings
      1. ANB: "Andrew Jackson"
        1. "A Symbol of Democracy"  (1 page)
        2. "The Legacy of Jacksonian Democracy"  (1 page)
           
  6. Jacksonian America
    1. main readings
      1. American History: "Nullification Crisis"  (1 page)
      2. EBO: "Spoils System"  (2 pages)
      3. American History: "Nicholas Biddle"  (2 pages)
      4. American History: "Henry Clay"  (2 pages)
      5. American History: "John C. Calhoun"  (3 pages)
      6. EBO: "Calhoun, John C.: Champion of States' Rights" 
        (2 pages)
      7. DAH: "Whig Party"  (1 page)
      8. United States at War: "Second Seminole War"  (2 pages)
    2. suggested readings
      1. EBO: "Jackson, Andrew" 
        1. "The First Term"  (2 pages)
        2. "Reelection in 1832"  (2 pages)
      2. EBO: "United States, Bank of the"  (3 pages)
      3. ANB: "John C. Calhoun"  (5 pages)
      4. ANB: "Martin Van Buren"  (5 pages)
      5. ANB: "Daniel Webster"  (5 pages)
    3. A.P. readings
      1. American History: "Trail of Tears"  (1 page)
      2. American History: "Bank of the United States"  (3 pages)
      3. American History: "'Kitchen Cabinet'"  (1 paragraph)
      4. American History: "Martin Van Buren"  (3 pages)
      5. American History: "Daniel Webster"  (2 pages)
      6. American History: "Whig Party"  (2 pages)
      7. ANB: "Henry Clay"  (6 pages)
      8. American History: "Creek Confederacy"  (2 pages)
      9. DAH: "Indian Removal"  (3 pages)
      10. DAH: "Nullification"  (2 pages)
         
  7. John Marshall's Supreme Court  ("r." 1801-1835)
    1. main readings
      1. American History: "John Marshall"  (2 pages)
      2. EBO: "Marbury v. Madison"  (half a page)
      3. EBO: "McCulloch v. Maryland"  (half a page)
    2. suggested readings
      1. ANB: "John Marshall"  (10 pages)
      2. EBO: "Marshall, John: Chief Justice of the United States" 
        (3 pages)
    3. A.P. readings
      1. Encyclopedia of the American Constitution: "Marshall Court (1801-1835)"  (7 pages)
      2. American History: "Judicial Review"  (4 pages)

 

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