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Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

Courses and Certificate Fees

Certificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
yesCoursera

The Syllabus

Videos
  • Setting the Scene 1: Federalists and Republicans
  • Setting the Scene 2: Issues--Hamilton vs. Jefferson; the French Revolution
  • Setting the Scene 3: The Election of 1796; the Quasi-War
  • Adams and Pinckney
  • Jefferson and Burr
  • Hamilton
  • The Electoral College
  • Voting
  • The 1800 Campaign 1
  • The 1800 Campaign 2
  • The Press and the 1800 Campaign
  • The Electoral College Meets
  • Deadlock in Congress
  • Jefferson's Deal?
  • The Inauguration
  • The Revolution of 1800?
  • Interview: Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter S. Onuf
  • Interview: Joanne B. Freeman
  • Interview: Gaye Wilson
Readings
  • The New Nation
  • Joanne B. Freeman, "The Presidential Election of 1800: A Story of Crisis, Controversy, and Change."
  • [Optional Reading] Alexander Hamilton's attack on John Adams, October 24, 1800
  • Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1801
  • Interviews with Historians
Practice Exercise
  • Practice Quiz – The Election of 1800

Videos
  • The Election of 1860
  • Parties and Voting
  • Conventions and Platforms
  • Outcomes and Consequences
  • Roundtable: The impact of the 1860 election
  • Round-up discussion: Friday, October 28, Was the 1800 presidential election the 'nastiest' in American history?
Readings
  • The Pre-Civil War Era & the Sectional Crisis
  • Caleb Bingham (1853-1854)
  • “Political Parties in the United States, 1820–1860”
  • Abraham Lincoln and the Election of 1860
  • 1860 Republican Platform
  • Primary Sources: Secession
  • “Presidential Election of 1860: A Resource Guide,” Library of Congress.
Practice Exercises
  • Practice Quiz – The Election of 1860
  • Week 1 Quiz - Nineteenth-Century Elections

Videos
  • Introduction
  • The Impact of Tet
  • The New Hampshire Primary
  • Presidential Primaries
  • Democratic Primaries 1968
  • Issues I: Law and Order
  • Issues II: The Impact of Vietnam
  • The Results
  • Conclusion
Readings
  • The Sixties, the 'Unraveling', and 1968
  • Primary Sources – Responses to Vietnam: Walter Cronkite and the 'Wise Men'
  • Primary Source – President Johnson's March 31st Speech
  • Primaries
  • Primary Sources about the 1968 Election – Party Platforms, Humphrey's Campaign, and Riots in Chicago
  • Primary Sources: Humphrey/Johnson Discuss Vietnam, LeMay/Wallace Press Conference, and LBJ Halts Bombing in Vietnam
  • Voting Map, Statistics, and Results
Practice Exercise
  • Practice Quiz - The Election of 1968

Videos
  • The making of the US president, 1980
  • The history of presidential debates
  • The Carter-Reagan presidential debate
  • Conservative ascendancy and electoral eras
  • The gender gap
  • Roundtable Discussion: Week 2
Readings
  • Context
  • Secondary reading on liberalism's travails and the 1980 election
  • Primary sources on the 1980 presidential campaign
  • The development and significance of presidential debates on television
  • Optional primary source: the Carter-Reagan debate
  • Turning points and "realignments" in electoral history
  • Exploring the "gender gap" in voting
  • Data on the gender gap
Practice Exercises
  • Practice Quiz – The Election of 1980
  • Week 2 Quiz – Twentieth-Century Elections

Videos
  • Mike Moffo on the making of the US president in 2008
  • Jon Kelly on the making of the US president in 2008
  • Nicol Rae on the making of the US president in 2008
  • Roundtable on 2008 election
Readings
  • Exploring the election of Barack Obama
  • "Barack Obama: Campaigns and Elections"
  • Background reading (optional): The American Yawp on recent US history
  • Primary Sources – Campaign Commercials
  • About Mike Moffo
  • About Jon Kelly
  • About Nicol Rae
Practice Exercise
  • Practice Quiz – The Election of 2008

Videos
  • Roundtable: Discusssion following the 2016 election
  • Discussing Donald Trump's inaugural address
Readings
  • Exploring the political battle via campaign commercials
  • Roundtable discussion after the 2016 election
  • Exploring Donald Trump's inaugural address in historical perspective
Practice Exercise
  • Week 3 Quiz – The Election of 2016 and Historical Parallels

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