Great American Debates 2
- Tuesday, Mar. 9: Inherit the Wind Reflection
Bring to class your typed answers to these questions, with an appropriate list and short description for each.
- Tues. & Thurs., March 2 & 4: Faith and Reason
Our topic for this week: Faith and Reason, as represented in the 1960 movie, “Inherit the Wind.”
- Thursday, Feb. 18: Class Discussion
Come prepared to answer the following questions.
- TUESDAY, Feb. 16: Shaw, Principle of a Republic, 1915
Anna Howard Shaw, The Fundamental Principle of a Republic, 1915
- Key Excerpts: Women’s Suffrage, 1848 -1920
A few key excerpts from the pieces we’re reading for this section of the course.
- Thursday, Feb. 11: Against Women’s Suffrage
Let’s read and discuss this argument against women’s suffrage:
Goodwin, Women’s Suffrage, 1884
No reading response questions for today. But come ready to engage in a thoughtful discussion, analyzing the nature of these arguments. Be ready to compare and contrast these against the arguments of The Seneca Falls Declaration and Stanton’s “The Solitude of Self.”
- Andrew Carnegie, “The Gospel of Wealth,” 1889
A fascinating read:
Andrew Carnegie, The Gospel of Wealth and Other Essays
Excerpts of the essay, “The Gospel of Wealth”- Tuesday, Feb. 9: Seneca Falls & Solitude of Self
Two key documents from the beginnings of the women’s movement.
- Thursday, Feb. 4: Doc Lacy’s Conference Room
We will meet in the Doc Lacy’s Conference Room at 3:35. Feel free to grab a drink on your way in.
- Tuesday, Feb. 2: FDR in 1932-33
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Address to the Commonwealth Club, and First Inaugural Address
- Thursday, Jan. 28: Populism & Progressivism
Your readings from Addams, Bryan, and Wilson.
- Tuesday, Jan. 26: Sumner, The Forgotten Man
Due Tuesday, Jan. 26: Read these three excerpts of arguments by William Graham Sumner.
- Thursday, Jan. 21: Debs, “The Issue”
Due Thursday, Jan. 21, at the first of class.
- Tues, Jan 19: Conwell, Acres of Diamonds
Due Tuesday, Jan. 19, at the first of class.
- Thurs., Jan 14: Benjamin Rush on Slavery
I have selected a text for this class period which gives us an opportunity to review important sources of public motivation for action and reform in American history.

