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HIST101

History of the United States, from Contact to 1877

History College of Liberal Arts

Course Subject Code

HIST

Course Number

101

Status

Active

Course Attributes

BHUM: GenEd-Breadth/Humanities, CEA: ProgCLA-CEA and Au Pair, DVUS: GenEd-Diversity US, MHIS: Major-History, PPD: GenEd-Power/Privilege/Diff, ENAM: Minor-American Stud Elective, NAME: Minor-American Studies

Course Short Title

Hist. US from Contact to 1877

Course Long Title

History of the United States, from Contact to 1877

Course Description

A study of the development of the United States from first contact between Europeans and Native peoples through the Civil war and reconstruction. Covers such issues as the rationale for contact and conquest, the nature of colonial development, the American revolution, the transformation of the republic into a democracy, expansion to the Pacific, industrialization, the development and implications of slavery, and national collapse and reunion.

Min

4

Repeatable

-

Equivalent Course(s)

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