We spent the rest of class discussing events and results of U.S. expansion, found in Chapter 10.3. The time frame covered stretched from 1776 (Declaration of Independence, based on Enlightenment Ideas) through 1876 (completion of the transcontinental railroad (based on the explosion of capital and technology unleashed by the Industrial Revolution). Along the way we discussed manifest destiny, three causes of the Civil War and Lincoln's strategic reasoning behind the Emancipation Proclamation. Our discussion ranged from Voltaire and Locke to Frederick Douglass.
Students completed a map exercise about British settlement of Australia and New Zealand (part of Chapter 10.2).
We spent the rest of class discussing events and results of U.S. expansion, found in Chapter 10.3. The time frame covered stretched from 1776 (Declaration of Independence, based on Enlightenment Ideas) through 1876 (completion of the transcontinental railroad (based on the explosion of capital and technology unleashed by the Industrial Revolution). Along the way we discussed manifest destiny, three causes of the Civil War and Lincoln's strategic reasoning behind the Emancipation Proclamation. Our discussion ranged from Voltaire and Locke to Frederick Douglass.
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James WaltersMr. Walters has taught at RAA since 1985. He currently teaches Geography, World History, American History, Government, Economics and Handbell Ensembles. He is Music Director/Organist of Magnolia Presbyterian Church and is an adjunct professor at Concordia University Wisconsin, teaching Handbell Methods and Materials. Archives
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