Purposes
The purposes of each case study assignment include the following:
- To hone your abilities to research using scholarly sources
- To advance critical thinking and writing skills
- To compile a response to the prompts provided
- To explore a historical topic and make connections to change over time
Required Resources
In your American History course, you will utilize scholarly sources to address questions in the weekly assignments. Please be advised that History.com, Wiki, Wikipedia, or websites such as cliffnotes.com, studymode.com, coursehero.com, and the like are not deemed scholarly sources.
For your Week 3 Case Study, please use either your course text or class lesson AND two (2) additional scholarly sources from the Chamberlain Library for a total of at least three (3) sources.
Below is a list of resources you must choose from:
- Textbook: Chapters 9, 10, 11, 13
- Lesson
- Minimum of 2 scholarly sources from the Chamberlain Library resources below:
- The “Popular Data Bases” within the Library Guide for scholarly sources and videos via Search Popular History DatabasesLinks to an external site. or the History Library GuideLinks to an external site..
- Please review the following optional scholarly articles (sorted by topic). NOTE: You will need to log in to the Chamberlain Library before accessing these resources.
Medical Practices Mexican War V. Civil War
Herbelin, M. (2019, April 4). Military Medicine in an Occupied City: Matamoros, 1846 – National Museum of Civil War Medicine.Links to an external site. National Museum of Civil War Medicine.
Rohrbough, M. J. (n.d.). Medicine in the antebellum period.Links to an external site. In Expansion and Reform, Third Edition (3rd ed.).
Tannenbaum, R. J. (n.d.). Health and Medicine in the 18th Century.Links to an external site. In Health and Medicine in U.S. History.
Hawk, A., & McCallum, J. (n.d.). Military medicine.Links to an external site. In Encyclopedia of American Military History, Second Edition (2nd ed.).
Behling, R. A., & Roder, R. J. (n.d.). Medicine in the Civil War era.Links to an external site. In Civil War and Reconstruction, Third Edition.
The Disputed Election, or Revolution of 1800
Thomas Jefferson and the presidential election of 1800.Links to an external site. (n.d.). In A Companion to Thomas Jefferson.
Cunningham Jr., N. E. (n.d.). Election of 1800.Links to an external site. In the Election of 1800.
Mayo-Bobee, D. (n.d.). Jeffersonians versus Federalists: Political Battles in the Election of 1800.Links to an external site. In Jeffersonians versus Federalists: Political Battles in the Election of 1800.
Ferling, J. (2004). Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election Of 1800.Links to an external site. Oxford University Press, Incorporated.
Bowling, K. R., & Kennon, D. R. (Eds.). (2005). The Election of 1800.Links to an external site. In Establishing Congress : The Removal to Washington, D.C., and the Election of 1800 (pp. 35–38). Ohio University Press.
Election of 1800: Presidential TieLinks to an external site. (p. 3 min). (n.d.). [Video]. Makematic.
Dyer, J. (dir.). (n.d.). A Peaceful Transfer of Power: Part 5Links to an external site. (p. 6 min) [Video]. Dallas County Community College District.
Westward Expansion Movement to the Homestead Act
Robert, T. (n.d.). Early National Period and Expansion.Links to an external site. In The Early National Period and Expansion.
Bodenner, C. (n.d.). Homestead Act: Necessary for National Strength or an Unfair Dispersal of Public Land?Links to an external site. In Homestead Act.
Billington, R. A., & Ridge, M. (n.d.). The West and Slavery 1850-1860.Links to an external site. In Westward Expansion: A History of the American Frontier.
Molnar, J. A. (n.d.). Overview: Native Americans and American Expansionism.Links to an external site. In Native Americans and American Expansionism.
Maxwell-Long, T. (n.d.). Overview: The Land of Opportunity.Links to an external site. In The Land of Opportunity.
Aley, G. (2020). Homestead ActLinks to an external site.. In K. McCoy (Ed.), Milestone Documents in American History: Exploring the Primary Sources That Shaped America (2nd ed.). (pp. 867–878). Schlager Group Inc.
The Civil War Part 2Links to an external site. (p. 10 min). (n.d.). [Video]. In Crash Course in US History.
Expanding WestLinks to an external site. (p. 04:15). (n.d.). [Video]. Annenberg Learner.
Women's Movement at Seneca Falls and Sojourner Truth
Kane, M. (n.d.). Chronology: The Seneca Falls Convention and the Struggle for Women’s Rights.Links to an external site. In The Seneca Falls Convention and the Struggle for Women’s Rights.
Overview: The Seneca Falls Convention and the Struggle for Women’s Rights.Links to an external site. (n.d.). In The Seneca Falls Convention and the Struggle for Women’s Rights.
Denial, C. J. (n.d.). Seneca Falls Convention.Links to an external site. In Expansion and Reform, Third Edition (3rd ed.).
The Road to Seneca Falls.Links to an external site. (n.d.). In Lucretia Mott.
Kohn, G. C. (n.d.). Declaration of Women’s Rights.Links to an external site. In Dictionary of Historic Documents, Revised Edition.
A Mother Is Born.Links to an external site. (n.d.). In Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Wellman, Judith. (2004). The road to Seneca Falls [electronic resource] : Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the First Woman’s Rights Convention.Links to an external site. University of Illinois Press.
Cullen-DuPont, K., & Frost-Knappman, E. (n.d.). Women’s suffrage, 1850-1854.Links to an external site. In Women’s Suffrage in America, Updated Edition.
Kort, C. (n.d.). Truth, Sojourner.Links to an external site. In American Women Writers, Third Edition (3rd ed.).
McMillen, S. (2016). Declaration of Sentiments, Seneca Falls (1848)Links to an external site. In S. Schechter (Ed.), American Governance (1st ed.). (pp. 9–11). Macmillan US.
Learn About The Life Of Abolitionist And Former Slave Sojourner TruthLinks to an external site. (p. 1 min). (n.d.). [Video]. Encyclopedia Britannica.
Jacksonian Democracy- The Era of the Common Man, A New political Theory
Remini, R. V. (n.d.-b). Jacksonian America and Reform.Links to an external site. In The Reach for Perfection.
Remini, R. V. (n.d.-c). Jacksonian Democracy.Links to an external site. In Jacksonian Democracy.
Remini, R. V. (n.d.-a). Election of 1832.Links to an external site. In Election of 1832.
Silbey, J. H. (n.d.). Election of 1836Links to an external site.. In Election of 1836.
Lynn, J. A., & Watson, H. L. (2019). Introduction: Race, Politics, and Culture in the Age of Jacksonian “Democracy.”Links to an external site. Journal of the Early Republic, 39(1), 81–87. https://doi.org/10.1353/jer.2019.0006
Tillery, A. B. (2009). Tocqueville as Critical Race Theorist: Whiteness as Property, Interest Convergence, and the Limits of Jacksonian Democracy.Links to an external site. Political Research Quarterly, 62(4), 639–652. https://doi.org/10.1177/1065912908322412
Adams, S. P. (2013). Part II: The Era of the “Common Man.”Links to an external site. In A Companion to the Era of Andrew Jackson. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated.
The rise of the “common women” in Jackson’s America.Links to an external site. (n.d.). In A Companion to the Era of Andrew Jackson.
Creating a democracy of common men in Jacksonian America.Links to an external site. (n.d.). In A Companion to the Era of Andrew Jackson.
Dyer, J. (dir.). (n.d.). A White Man’s Democracy: Part 2Links to an external site. (p. 6 min) [Video]. Dallas County Community College District.
Sheldon, G. W. (n.d.). Tocqueville, Alexis de.Links to an external site. In Encyclopedia of Political Thought.
Writing Requirements
- Length: 2–3 pages (not including title page or references page)
- 1-inch margins
- Double spaced
- 12-point Times New Roman font
- Title page
- References page
- In-text citations that correspond with your end references
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