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#200 “What, then, Is the American?”

10/7/2016

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North Carolina Emigrants: Poor White Folk, by James Henry Beard, 1845. Cincinnati Art Museum.
Constitution essay due.

Introduction to unit 2
  • Focus is on how political machinery of the Constitution wrestled with the demands of the growing nation, especially in relation to westward expansion and the Native American population.
  • Shorter unit than #1, and will end with a simulation rather than an essay.

Opening question
  • Who, under this new Constitution, counts as an “American”?

Primary source-based reading

(1) Crèvecoeur, “What, then, Is the American?”
  • Read a brief selection from Crèvecoeur, “What, then, Is the American?” (Google Doc)
  • Consider the following discussion questions:
    • What characteristics of American life does Crèvecoeur emphasize as being different from European society?
    • What aspects of society, and which parts of the people living in the United States, are left out of his description?

(2) Citizenship in the new republic
  • In-class reading: Naturalization Act of 1790 (link here to Google Doc; also in Course Reader)
  • Consider the following discussion questions:
    • Who was eligible and not eligible for citizenship under the Naturalization Act?
    • Why would the United States, known as the “asylum for mankind,” restrict opportunity for naturalization?

Homework: #201
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