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History 117: US History To 1877
Dickinson College, Spring 2026
History 117: US History To 1877
  • Course Abstract
  • Course Policies
  • Syllabus
  • Map Room
  • Methods Center
  • Web Guides
  • Assignments
    • First Essay –Revolutionary Era
    • Second Essay –Coming of War
    • Final Close Reading Project
  • Student Hall of Fame

Handouts

Assignments & Exams

  • 2016 Final Exam Preview ***Questions for 12/15/16***
  • 2016 Midterm Preview ***Questions for 10/11/16***
  • Sample Midterm Essay

General Methods

    • Handout –Plagiarism
    • How to READ Like a Historian
    • How to Frame a Question
    • How to Write a Thesis Statement
    • How to Use Quotations
    • How to Use Footnotes
    • How to Proofreed

Classroom Topics –Pre-Midterm

  • Handout –Columbian Exchange Index
  • Handout –Pocahontas Images
  • Handout –Puritan New England
  • Handout –Franklin
  • Handout –Dickinson
  • Handout –Washington on Leadership

Classroom Topics –Post-Midterm

  • Handout –Frederick Douglass
  • Handout –Fugitive Crisis Timeline
  • Handout –Constitution and Slavery
  • Handout –1860 Election
  • Handout –Lincoln’s Map
  • Handout –Greeley Letter
  • Handout –Civil War Costs
  • Handout –Reconstructing Constitution
  • Handout –Manifest Destiny

 

 

 

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