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To all students: Much of this information is in outline form. Having access to these presentations may be a great assistance, but they are not a complete substitute for the detailed notes you should obtain while in class.

Class Lectures for Fall Semester:
Introduction: Precolumbian Culture to Colonization
The American Revolution
The Constitutional Convention and the Constitution
The New Republic: Washington to Monroe
The Jacksonian Era
Manifest Destiny
Inventions and Social Reform
Slavery and the Sectional Crisis
Civil War and Reconstruction
The Settlement of the West

Class Lectures for Spring Semester:
Major Political Issues Late 19th Century
Industrial Revolution
The Progressive Era
World War I
The Twenties
The Great Depression
World War II
Cold War Part 1
Cuban Crisis
The Civil Rights Movement
Cold War Part 2
Watergate and Aftermath
Politics 1977 through Present
Challenges for the Future

Influences on Music in America

Mr. Cooper's Research Presentation