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Fall 2014
HCOM 266Histories of Democracy
Types of Government
Monarchy
Dictato
rship
Theocracy
Oligarchy
AristocracyPlutocracyDemocracy
An
archy
Democracy
A Multi-dimensional
Concept
Histories of Democracy
Historical Periods▼ Pre-Democracy
▼ Early Democracy
▼ Segregated Democracy
▼ Civil Rights Era
▼ Today
Materials Used• Prep HWBs• Primary Source Docs• Secondary Sources• Joe’s Lectures and
Power Points• Students’ Research,
Lectures, and Power Points
☚☚
I. Pre-Democracy:European Conquest & Colonization of the Americas
Bull Romanus Pontifex 1453
Bull Inter Caetera1493
Requerimiento1513
I. Pre-Democracy:
African Slavery
I. Pre-Democracy:
American Slavery*Excerpt from a speech by John C.
Calhoun in 1837 *Excerpt from a book by George
Fitzhugh in 1854 *The essay “African Slavery in America” by Thomas Paine in 1775 *Benjamin Bannaker’s Letter to Thomas Jefferson in 1790
I. Pre-Democracy:
California MissionsHow should we interpret the
California Missions?
⦿ My PPT on the Missions
⦿ Your research on the Missions
II. Early Democracy
• Declaration of Independence
• US Constitution
• Amendments 1-10 Bill of Rights
II. Early DemocracyAmendments 11-27
My OpinionMy Opinion
II. Early Democracy:
Manifest Destiny
II. Early Democracy:
Just 77 Years Later
AmericaAmerica
Spain/Mexico
Spain/Mexico
U.S.-Mexican War
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo“In the said territories, property of
every kind, now belonging to Mexicans, shall be inviolably respected. The present owners, the heirs of these, and all Mexicans who may hereafter acquire said property by contract, shall enjoy with respect to it guarantees equally ample as if the same belonged to citizens of the United States.”
II. Early Democracy in California
• Debates on voting and citizenship at the constitutional convention
CA Laws in the 1850s• Voting• Marriage• Land ownership• Taxes• Testimony at trial• Education• Serving in militia
CA Constitution of 1849
II. Early Democracy:
The Oppressed Speak OutNative Americans Chief Joseph (1879)
African Americans Colored Citizens of CA (1865)
Chinese Americans Norman Asing (1852)
Mexican Americans Antonio Maria Pico and Others (1859)
Female Americans Woman Suffrage Committee (1871)
All of these pleas for justice were rejected.
III. Segregated DemocracyU.S. Supreme Court Established Limited Equality
• The US Constitution does not prevent individuals or private businesses or organizations from engaging in racial discrimination…it only prevents governments from doing so.
• Governments are allowed to require separate facilities and services based on race… as long as those separate facilities are equal.
Private discrimination okay. Public segregation okay.
III. Segregated Democracy1860s-1960s
100 Years of Formally Approved
Second-Class Citizenship
Jim Crow Era
➤ Communities of Color ➤ Females ➤ Immigrants ➤ Persons with Disabilities ➤ Non-Christians
IV. Civil Rights Movement• African Americans• Women• Latinos• Persons with Disabilities• Non-English Speakers• Low-Income Persons• Anti-war Groups• American Indians• Immigrants• Others
IV. Civil Rights Movement
V. Democracy Today?
2014 Election
Ideology
2014 Election
California
2014 Election
NationalVoting Winners & Losers
Dem
ocratsD
emocrats
Repu
blic
ans
Repu
blic
ans
The Political Action Project
An exercise in “experiential education”
orlearning-by-doing
Form Team
Select General Issue Area
Conduct Research
Establish Political Objective
Carryout Political Action
Prepare Power Point Slides
Plan Class Presentation
Deliver Class Presentation
Write Reflection Report
The Political Action Project
Teams & Topics
Political Action Skill Set
✪ Group Work
✪ Research
✪ Strategic Planning
✪ Multimedia Presentation
✪ Political Action
✪ Evaluation
✪ Reporting
Analysis & Reflection
Assessment & Grading
Active Engagement
15 Homework Briefs
Pre-Democracy
Early Democracy
CR Presentation
Political Project
20%
20%
15%
15%
10%
20%
B
B+
A-
B-
C
C+
3.00
3.33
3.67
2.67
2.00
2.33
.60
.67
.55
.40
.20
.47
2.89 = B
Final GradeFinal Grade
HCOM 266: Histories of Democracy
The End !I hope you are
better prepared to understand
democracy and to contribute
to it if you decide to do so.