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Book: Foner, E., Give Me Liberty: An American History, 4th Edition, W. W. Norton & Company

Lesson 4

Read Chapters 7-8 and the information included in Jefferson’s Message to Congress (1803) . Once all reading is complete, respond to the following items:

· Thomas Jefferson wrote this secret message to Congress about the Lewis & Clark expedition in 1803; what does it tell us about Jefferson's views of westward expansion and Native Americans?

· What solutions does Jefferson propose to the friction between the fledgling republic and the Indian tribes of the West?

· What arguments does he use to explain the Lewis & Clark expedition?

Lesson 5

Read Chapters 9-10 and the Monroe Doctrine . Once all reading is complete, respond to the following items:

· The Monroe Doctrine became one of the crucial foundations of American foreign policy over the next century; what was the occasion for Monroe's articulation of this doctrine, and what were the circumstances motivating its adoption?

· What reasons were used by Monroe to justify this foreign policy pronouncement, and how do they relate to arguments made during the revolutionary and early republic periods?

Lesson 6

Read Chapters 11-12 and the information included in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl ; scroll down the document at this website and read through Chapters V, VI and VII of the account by ex-slave Harriet Jacobs. Once all reading is complete, respond to the following item(s):

· What does this account reveal about the nature of slavery and how slavery affected southern society?

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Lesson 7

Read Chapters 13-14 and the Emancipation Proclamation . Once all reading is complete, respond to the following items:

In early 1863, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

· Why did Lincoln decide to issue the Proclamation at this particular time?

· What factors determined this decision?

· What did the President hope to gain?

· What were the limitations of the Proclamation, and what was its larger historical significance?

Lesson 8

Read Chapter 15 and the information included in the Mississippi Black Codes . Once all reading is complete, respond to the following item(s):

During Reconstruction, Black Codes were enacted in several former states in the Confederacy. A Republican controlled Congress would later react to suppress these codes.

· What ultimately were these codes designed to do?

· Precisely how did the codes aim to accomplish these objectives?