March 9, 2011              to syllabus Paper Topic Instructions and Options Link to study questions on Haymarket and radical labor New: Link to Final Exam Instructions and Questions

History 350: American Radicalism

Notes: 1. Late papers should be brought to my office, 331 McKenzie. Write the time and date you’re submitting a late paper on the front of it and slide it under my door if I’m not there. No late paper accepted after Friday, March 11, 5 p.m.
2. Make sure your paper is securely stapled together and that your name is on it.
3. Graded papers (those submitted on time last week) will be available during my office hours tomorrow (Thurs., March 10), 1:30-3:30. Lucas Burke will have them in his office (340 B McKenzie), on Friday from 11:00-2:00 and again from 3:00-5:00. .
4. Final exam review session after class today.
5. The Registrar’s Office reminds us that online course evaluations are now open and will remain available until 7:00 a.m. Monday, March 14.
6. I’ll keep regular office hours during exam week.

Final exam instructions and questions are now online at pages.uoregon.edu/dapope/350final.htm

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From March 7: Haymarket as the “First Red Scare”

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I. Themes in American Radicalism 1770s-1900

A. Equal rights--for whom?

B. Means and Ends

1. Voting, parties and politics

2. Violence and non-violence

C. Individualism and Collective Values

D. Religion and Radicalism

E. Race and Racism

II. Into the Twentieth Century

A. The Limits of Equal Opportunity

B. Do Rights Still Make Sense?

C. Sources of Radicalism in an Industrial Capitalist Era

D. ...And into the Twenty-first Century?