General Comments
8 general comments
This page represents Paul Revere’s landing of British war ships and troops in Boston Harbor 1768 depicting the Boston Massacre in 1770
The Patriots protested the British troops sent to Boston to enforce unpopular taxation measures passed by British parliament that did not have American representation
This is definitely going to be a very interesting period of American history to learn about –for many its a forgotten time period. Lots of people think that after the Civil War, things were united and went back to “normal”, however, I’m sure we will learn in this chapter that this was far from the truth.
The time period before the Civil War where slavery was still legal.
This shows how Black Codes were meant to keep control and regulations over freedmen even after slavery ended. Even though some rights were given, the laws mostly limited their freedom.
How was president Abraham Lincoln able to piece back together the United States? After all the problems that was going on for years, it’s gonna take a long time to put it back together.
African Americans were probably very scared having a southerner come in to power right after Lincoln.
These so-called Lincoln governments sprang up in pockets where Union support existed like Louisiana, Tennessee, and Arkansas. Unsurprisingly, these were also the places that were exempted from the liberating effects of the Emancipation Proclamation.
However, the proclamation freed only slaves in areas of rebellion and left more than seven hundred thousand in bondage in Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri as well as in Union-occupied areas of Louisiana, Tennessee, and Virginia.
The era witnessed perhaps the most open and widespread discussions of citizenship since the nation’s founding. It was a moment of revolutionary possibility and violent backlash. African Americans and Radical Republicans pushed the nation to finally realize the Declaration of Independence’s promises that “all men are created equal” and have “certain unalienable rights.”
He might as well have been talking about the entire antebellum way of life. The future of the South was uncertain. How would these states be brought back into the Union? Would they be conquered territories or equal states? How would they rebuild their governments, economies, and social systems? What rights did freedom confer on formerly enslaved people?
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Some of the paragraphs the text size is smaller then others for not apparent reason.
I don’t know if there is way to fix that but, if possible please try.
It would be fantastic if there were instructor resources (quiz questions, etc.) available as well.
It would be useful to include in the primary sources for Chapter 6, the US Constitution, since so much of that chapter is dedicated to that document. It would also be nice to include a selection from The Federalist Papers so students can understand the framing of the debate over the Constitution. Given the polarized nature of the electorate today, perhaps Federalist 10 would serve the purpose.
It would be great if you could highlight the text and underline it, as if it were a real textbook. Having a toolbar that allows you to take notes like you do in a physical book would be utterly helpful.
Where are the page numbers? I am using the online text for class, and we are asked to site directly from the text. However, unless I am missing something, the online text does not have a convenient way to find the page numbers.
It would be wonderful to have text-to-speech function for the text and textual sources. Many of my students commute, are ESL, or have other accessibility issues. Also, they would learn pronunciations, as well.
Most of the discussions that I have had with other instructors and professors regarding the American Yawp have generated very favorable reviews of the text. One consistent critique, however, is the lack of maps to help with understanding the geographic connections, historical context, and the visualization of historical data and information across the entirety of the text. I tend to agree and geographic/historical map additions to each of the chapters would be extremely helpful.
Why is this textbook named after Walt Whitman, yet there is no mention of Whitman in any of the chapters???