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Creation of the Office of President
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| August 23 |
Introduction of the Course, Discussion of the
Research Assignment, and the Presidency in 1999 |
| August 25 |
The Constitutional Convention of 1787 and Creation
of the Office of President |
| August 27 |
Washington's Presidency |
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Development of the Party System and Campaigning
for the Presidency
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| August 30 |
Origins of the American Party System |
| September 1 |
Political Campaigning in Early America |
| September 3 |
The President as Party Leader |
| September 6 |
HOLIDAY |
| September 8 |
Election of 1860 Video – "Most Hallowed Ground," |
| September 10 |
Discussion of Oates's biography of Abraham
Lincoln |
| September13 |
The Election of 1912 |
| September 15 |
Election of 1968 and Revival of the Republican
Party |
| September 17 |
Video – Reagan Democrats |
| September 20 |
Financing the Modern Campaign |
| September 22 |
The Campaign of 2000 – candidates and unfolding
strategies |
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Assumption of Office, the Presidential
Staff and the Cabinet
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| September 24 |
Washington, Hamilton and Jefferson |
| September 27 |
Lincoln and his Cabinet |
| September 29 |
FDR – Organizing the Office for the 20th Century |
| October 1 |
Discussion of Maney's book, The
Roosevelt Presence |
| October 4 |
The President and the Office at the end of the
20th Century |
| October 8 |
First Essay Examination |
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The Presidency and Domestic Affairs
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| October 11 |
Video – Thomas Jefferson |
| October 13 |
Jackson - the Bank Crisis and Nullification |
| October 15 |
Lincoln and the Civil War |
| October 18 |
Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction |
| October 20 |
Hoover and the Great Depression |
| October 22 |
FDR and the New Deal |
| October 25 |
The President and Civil Rights Reform |
| October 27 |
Discussion of Dallek's biography of Ronald
Reagan |
| October 29 |
Clinton and Securing the Middle Ground |
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The Presidency and Foreign Relations
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| November 1 |
Video – "America Spreads Its Wings," the Roosevelt
years |
| November 3 |
Theodore Roosevelt's View of the World |
| November 5 |
HOLIDAY– UF Homecoming |
| November 8 |
Wilson and the Treaty of Versailles |
| November 10 |
FDR and WW II |
| November 12 |
The Presidency and the Cold War |
| November 15 |
Discussion of Thirteen Days |
| November 17 |
The Imperial Presidency |
| November 19 |
LBJ and Vietnam; Discussion of The
Limits of Intervention |
| November 22 |
Video - Foreign Policy Under Nixon and Ford
Research Paper is Due |
| November 24 |
HOLIDAY- Thanksgiving |
| November 29 |
Iraq, Serbia and the US in the post-Cold War |
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The State of the Presidency at the
End of the 20th Century
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| December 1 |
The Watergate Crisis and Its Consequence for
the Presidency |
| December 3 |
The President and Congress |
| December 6 |
The President, the Press and the Media |
| December 8 |
Implications of Clinton's Impeachment for the
Office |
| December 14 |
Final Examination from 12:30 to 2:30 in
Turlington 2318.
It will be an essay examination. |
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