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Academic Planner

JMS 415E

HISTORY OF THE UNITED

STATES OF AMERICA

Academic Session 2013/2014

VIDEO CONFERENCE CLASS

Video Conference DATES Time

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Kursus Intensif

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Students need to fill in the date and time of video conference sessions. Please refer to thevideo conference time table for the Academic Session 2013/2014 provided.

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JMS 415E/4 History of the United States of America

Course coordinator: Dr. Sah-Hadiyatan Ismail

INTRODUCTION

This paper aimed to provide students with good understanding on the development ofthe United States of America from colonial beginnings in the 16th century, when the firstEuropean explorers arrived, until modern times. Therefore, the course objectives are to:

Explain the formation of a new United States of America and the liberation fromthe British occupation.

Explain the administration of the government system and American politics.

Explain and identify the issues that divided North and South, and whichprecipitated the American Civil War.

Identify and deduce the inspirations, politics, influence and thoughts on thedrafting of the US Constitution.

Explain and identify the issues and the factors in the development of Americanforeign policy.

Course Synopsis

The United States of America: From 13 Colonies to 50 states

The American Revolution1776

First Continental Congress 1774Second Continental Congress 1775Declaration of Independence 1776

Formation of Americas ConstitutionBig Compromise3/5 CompromiseBusiness Compromise

Monroe Doctrine

Manifest Destiny

Civil War 1861 1865 The Gilded Age 1870 1900

America in the 20thcentury

Domestic policyProgressive EraThe reformation of Politic, economy and socialProgressive motivation at the White House

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Economic Recession 1929

New Policy of solutionNew solution: One revolution or evolution

The success and failure of New Solution

Foreign PolicyAmerica Imperialist Policy 1891 1918Spain-America WarInvolvement in Latin America

World War One 1914 1918America Isolation Policy 1918 1940America involvement in the World War OneWoodrow Wilson and the Fourteen Points

World War Two 1941 1945America Isolation Policy between the two World WarsNew Thinking on Pearl HarbourTruman Doctrine

Date:Video

Confrence 1

(1 hr)

Module 1 USA: From 13 colonies to 50 states

The English in Colonial America

The Early Settlements The Westward Expansion

Date:Video

Conference 2(1 hr)

Module 2 The American War of Independence

Factors leading to the American War of Independence~ The weak governance of King George III~ Financial Policy~ Different Expectations~ Economic Factors

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VideoConference 3

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Module 2 The American War of Independence

Factors leading to the American War of Independence~ Introductions of the Acts~ The Influence of Philosophers~ The Emergence of Revolutionaries

The Impact of the American War of Independence

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Date:Video

Conference 4(1 hr)

Module 3 The Living American Constitution

The Great Compromise

Ratification of the Constitution

The Foundations of the two-party system in the US

Monroe Doctrine Manifest Destiny

Date:IntensiveCourse

Lecture 1(2 hrs)

Module 4 The American Civil War and Reconstruction

Background

The War between States

The Emancipation Proclamation and its effect

Reconstruction

The Gilded Age 1870 1900

The domestic development in America in the late 19thcentury

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VideoConference 5

(1 hr)

Module 5 The American Foreign Policy

Foreign Policy

America Imperialist Policy 1891 1918

Spain-America War

Involvement in Latin America

World War One 1914 1918

America Isolation Policy 1918 1940

America involvement in the World War One Woodrow Wilson and the Fourteen Points

Date:VideoConference 6

(1 hr)Module 5 The American Foreign Policy

World War Two 1941 1945

America Isolation Policy between the two World Wars

Truman Doctrine

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References

Anderson, Terry H. The United States, Great Br itain and the Cold War 1944-1947,

Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1981.

Bernstein, Barton J. Politics And Polic ies Of The Truman Administration.Chicago:Quadrangle Books, 1978.

Blum, John M. et al., The National Experience: A History of the United States, NewYork: Harcourt Brace & World, 1963.

Burns, James MacGregor. Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox,New York: Harcourt,

Brace & World Inc., 1956.

Campbell, A.E., Expansion and Imperialism, New York: Harper & Row, 1970.

Cole, Wayne S.,An Interpret ive History of American Foreign Relations, Illinois: TheDorsey Press, 1974.

Combs, Jerald A., and Combs, Arthur G., The History of American Foreign Policy,

New York: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1997.

Divine, Robert A. Since 1945, Politi cs and Diplomacy in Recent American History

3rdEd.,New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1985.

Fifield, Rusell H.,The United States And The Origin Of The Cold War 1941- 1947,New York : Columbia University Press, 1972.

Gerberding, William P., United States Foreign Policy: Perspectives and Analysis,New York: Mc Graw-Hill Books Company, 1996.

Gilbert, John Henry (ed.), The New Era in American Foreign Policy,New York: St.

Martins Press, 1973.

Goldfield et, al., The American Journey, A History of the United States, New Jersey:

Prentice Hall, 2011

Hastedt, Glenn P., American Foreign Pol icy: Past, Present, Future, New Jersey:Prentice Hall, 1988. (Bab 3).

Healy, David., U.S. Expansionism: The Imperialist Urge in the 1890's, Madison:University of Wisconsin Press, 1972.

Jacobson, Harold Karan,Americas Foreign Policy, New York: Random House, 1965.

Kennedy, David M. & Bailey, Thomas A., The American Pageant: A History of theRepublic, Mass: Heath & Co., 1987.

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Kiernan, V.G., America, The New Imperialism: From White Settlement to World

Hegemony, London: Zed Press, 1978.

Kolko, Gabriel, The Roots of American Foreign Policy, Boston: Beacon Press, 1969.

Link, Arthur S.,American Epoch: A History of the United States since 1890's, NewYork:Alfred K. Knopf., 1967.

May, Henry F.,A Synopsis of American History, New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1985.

Ovendale, Ritchie. The English-Speaking Alliance. London: George Allen & Unwin

1985

Pratt, Julius W.,A History of United States Foreign Policy, New York:Prentice HallInc., 1965.

Snowman, Daniel, USA: The Twentieth to Vietnam, Boston: The Federal ReserveBank, 1968.

Thorne, Christopher, Allies of a Kind,The United States, Britain and the War against

Japan, New York: Oxford University Press, 1978.

Welland, Dennis., (Ed.) The United States: A Companion To American Studies,London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1974.

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Assignment/ Continuous Exam

Students are required to write an essay not longer than 3,000 words. Theassignment must be typed and neat. Each essay must include your name, I/C

number, course, semester/year, lecturers name, number and the title of theassignment. Students are advised to use as many as possible reference books,articles from journals and relevant newspaper. Students are advised to use CD-ROM (Pais International) and Internet services in order to search for researchmaterials. Students are required to write all the references at the end of your essayproperly and systematically besides the footnotes at the appropriate places.

Students are advised to make a copy of your assignment before submitting theessay. The last day of submission is 31 January 2014.The evaluation will be basedon the presentation and the originality of the essay. Presentation with criticalanalysis and arguments are encouraged. The statement below must be written on

the front page of the essay and you must put down your signature.

I hereby certify that none of the lines or paragraph in this assignment containswriting from other writer without it being stated appropriately in the reference.

EvaluationAssignment 20%Final Exam 60%Continuous Exam 20% - will be tested during the Intensive course

Assignment questions:

[All assignment questions will be uploaded later at PJJ Portal]

For enquiries please contact:

Dr. Sah Hadiyatan IsmailEmel: sah.ismail@usm.my