Y384 American Political Ideas II

Spring Semester, 2010

Professor Elliot Bartky

Syllabus Paper Topic I Paper Topic II Midterm Review Final Exam Review

Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Soldier’s Faith John Dewey, The Influence of Darwinism on Philosophy Andrew Carnegie, Wealth William Graham Sumner, What Social Classes Owe to Each Other (1922) William Graham Sumner, The Absurd Effort to Make the World Over Theodore Roosevelt, Ordered Liberty Theodore Roosevelt, Inaugural Woodrow Wilson, What is Constitutional Government? Woodrow Wilson, Administrative Management Woodrow Wilson, First Inaugural William Jennings Bryan, Cross of Gold Henry George, Social Problems Eugene V. Debs, The Issue Theodore Roosevelt, Expansion and Peace Woodrow Wilson, War Address Woodrow Wilson, 14 Points Mark Twain, George Washington/General Funston Randolph Bourne, The War and the Intellectuals FDR – Banking FDR – Fireside Chats FDR – First Inaugural FDR – Jan. 20, 1937 Inaugural Johnson – Great Society Johnson - Poverty Friedman, Economic Freedom, etc. Reagan Farewell Bush Inaugural I Bush Inaugural II Malcolm X MLK, Letter from Birmingham Jail President Obama – Inaugural Address