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JMS 415E HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Academic Session 2013/2014
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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 of the United States of America from colonial beginnings in the 16th century, when the first European explorers arrived, until modern times. Therefore, the course objectives are to: Explain the formation of a new United States of America and the liberation from the British occupation. Explain the administration of the government system and American politics. Explain and identify the issues that divided North and South, and which precipitated the American Civil War. Identify and deduce the inspirations, politics, influence and thoughts on the drafting of the US Constitution. Explain and identify the issues and the factors in the development of American foreign policy.

Course Synopsis The United States of America: From 13 Colonies to 50 states The American Revolution1776 First Continental Congress 1774 Second Continental Congress 1775 Declaration of Independence 1776 Formation of Americas Constitution Big Compromise 3/5 Compromise Business Compromise Monroe Doctrine Manifest Destiny Civil War 1861 1865 The Gilded Age 1870 1900 America in the 20th century Domestic policy Progressive Era The reformation of Politic, economy and social Progressive motivation at the White House
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Economic Recession 1929 New Policy of solution New solution: One revolution or evolution The success and failure of New Solution 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 World War Two 1941 1945 America Isolation Policy between the two World Wars New Thinking on Pearl Harbour Truman Doctrine

Video Confrence 1 (1 hr)

Date: Module 1 USA: From 13 colonies to 50 states The English in Colonial America The Early Settlements The Westward Expansion Date: 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 Date: 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: 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: 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 19th century Date: 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

Intensive Course Lecture 1 (2 hrs)

Video Conference 5 (1 hr)

Video Conference 6 (1 hr)

Date: Module 5 The American Foreign Policy World War Two 1941 1945 America Isolation Policy between the two World Wars Truman Doctrine

References Anderson, Terry H. The United States, Great Britain and the Cold War 1944-1947, Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1981. Bernstein, Barton J. Politics And Policies Of The Truman Administration. Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1978. Blum, John M. et al., The National Experience: A History of the United States, New York: 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 Interpretive History of American Foreign Relations, Illinois: The Dorsey 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, Politics and Diplomacy in Recent American History 3rd Ed., 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 Policy: 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 the Republic, 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, New York: 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 Hall Inc., 1965. Snowman, Daniel, USA: The Twentieth to Vietnam, Boston: The Federal Reserve Bank, 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.

Assignment/ Continuous Exam Students are required to write an essay not longer than 3,000 words. The assignment must be typed and neat. Each essay must include your name, I/C number, course, semester/year, lecturers name, number and the title of the assignment. Students are advised to use as many as possible reference books, articles from journals and relevant newspaper. Students are advised to use CDROM (Pais International) and Internet services in order to search for research materials. Students are required to write all the references at the end of your essay properly and systematically besides the footnotes at the appropriate places. Students are advised to make a copy of your assignment before submitting the essay. The last day of submission is 31 January 2014. The evaluation will be based on the presentation and the originality of the essay. Presentation with critical analysis 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 contains writing from other writer without it being stated appropriately in the reference. Evaluation Assignment Final Exam Continuous Exam

20% 60% 20% - will be tested during the Intensive course

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Dr. Sah Hadiyatan Ismail Emel: sah.ismail@usm.my