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? You are required to s 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? ...

1. 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?
You are required to s
Lesson 7

2. 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?