Chapter 32:
The Americas in the Age of Independence

Chp. 30 (Week 17) | Chp. 31 (Week 1) | Chp. 32(Week 2)|
Chp. 33 (Week 3) | Chp. 34 (Week 4)

We are not Europeans; we are not Indians: we are but a mixed species of aborigines and Spaniards. American by birth and Europeans by law ..." Simon Bolivar

Homework

• Complete Study Guide: Due Friday.
• Answer Big Picture Questions: Chapter 32.
• Chapter 32: Practice Quiz.
• Essay #1: Answer this weeks essay question in a 5 paragraph essay. Post just your introduction to the newsgroup. Bring a typed copy of your essay on Monday.
• Chapter 32: Exam on Friday.

Problems:

1. United States:
   1. Slavery
   2. State Rights vs. Rights of the Federal Governments.
   3. Conflict with Indigenous Peoples
2. Canada
   1. Autonomy From Britian
   2. French and English Divisions
   3. Conflict with Indigenous Peoples
3. Latin America
   1. Class Divisions
   2. Lack of Experience with Self Government
   3. Conflict with Indigenous Peoples

The Building of American States

1. The United States: Westward Movement and Civil War
2. The Canadian Dominion: Independence without War.
3. Latin America: Fragmentation and Political Experimentation.

American Economic Development

1. Migration to the Americas
2. Economic Expansion in the United States
3. Canadian Prosperity
4. Latin American Dependence

American Cultural and Social Diversity

1. Multicultural Society in the United States
2. Canadian Cultural Contrasts
3. Ethnicity, Identity, and Gender in Latin America

Links:

1. Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Maturation of US Culture.
2. Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Canada
3. Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Latin America
4. Index of United States Civil War History on the Internet.
5. Internet Modern History Sourcebook: 19th Century Latin America.