Sumários

The Gilded Age (cont.) Expansionism and Imperialism at the Turn of the Century.

20 Dezembro 2019, 14:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

The Gilded Age (cont.) 

Expansionism and Imperialism at the Turn of the Century.
Chronology:
http://historyus19.blogspot.com/2019/12/gilded-age-c-1773-1896-modern-america.html
Spanish-American War; Cuba and the Philippines.
Mark Twain and the Anti-Imperialist League.
Provisional evaluation.

Frederick Jackson Turner: The Significance of the Frontier: The Gilded Age (intro.)

17 Dezembro 2019, 14:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Frederick Jackson Turner, "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" (1893).

Oral presentation and comparison with Walt Whitman's poem "Pioneers, o Pioneers".
The Gilded Age: corruption and corporativism (intro.).

Walt Whitman's America - Democratic Vistas

13 Dezembro 2019, 14:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Booker T. Washington and freedom from slavery in the South (cont.)Walt Whitman, "Democratic Vistas" - work presentation: 

http://historyus19.blogspot.com/2019/12/walt-whitman-democratic-vistas.html
Liberalism, Personalism, Capitalism.
Frontier, Borders and Boundaries.

Abraham Lincoln (cont.) The Reconstruction period.

10 Dezembro 2019, 14:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Abraham Lincoln and the Gettysburgh Address, using the film Lincoln by Steven Spielberg (2012) and the documentary "Civil War" of the series US: the Story of Us, 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgg2UvvL7Uk
The rift between North and South.Radical Republicans vs. the Black Codes and the rise of the Klu Klux Klan.
Reconstruction plans.
https://historyus19.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-reconstruction-period.html

Peer-revision of final project drafts.

6 Dezembro 2019, 14:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Peer-revision of final project drafts in groups of 3 according to guidelines. Filling in the guidance form.