Class Notes–PDF (Westward Expansion)

Image of American Progress–https://picturinghistory.gc.cuny.edu/john-gast-american-progress-1872/

Letter from Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton—https://bcc-cuny.digication.com/ushistoryreader/Mar_a_Amparo_Ruiz_de_Burton_Letter

We watched excerpts of episode 1 of the documentary the New Latinos on Kanopy, via the BCC Library-https://bcccuny.kanopy.com/welcome/video/latino-americans-foreigners-their-own-land
(If you are off campus, you will need to log on and set up a Kanopy Account.  You will need to have activated your BCC ID at the Library Circulation Desk).

We analyzed the speeches of John Calhoun and Daniel Webster about the Compromise of 185 and looked at images of monuments of each man.

John Calhoun and Daniel Webster Documents–Calhoun and Webster (PDF)

Daniel Webster statue in Central Park–https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/central-park/monuments/1692

John Calhoun statue in Charlston, SC–https://conservationsolutionsinc.com/projects/view/374/john-c-calhoun-monument-conservation-marion-square/

Debate about John Calhoun Statue in Charleston–https://www.postandcourier.com/news/charleston-committee-to-consider-new-calhoun-statue-plaque-relic-of/article_6aa62e0a-bf18-11e7-abc4-2fa188e99fc6.html

We watched excerpts from the documentary The Abolionists, Part 2 & Part 3, available on Films on Demand through the BCC Library.
http://bcc.ezproxy.cuny.edu:2048/login?url=http://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=14935&xtid=131249&loid=455672