Syllabus

Reading Assignments--Week One:

Week One: Read McPherson, Chapters, 1-2


Macadamized roads Railroad boom Samuel Colt Work ethic Horace Mann Domestic feminism Whigs Democrats Southern colonial economy Herrenvolk democracy Frederick Law Olmsted

Study Questions: (These do not need to be written out; but you should examine how you might write on these topics as they may be part of the Mid term or Final Exam.
What were the primary causes of American modernization in the years preceding the Civil War? What was the impact of slavery on the Southern economy? What was the "colonial southern economy"?