HIST121

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American History to 1877

History Undergraduate College of Arts and Sciences

Subject code

HIST

Course Number

121

Course Long Title

American History to 1877

Course Description

This survey explores major themes in the development of American culture, economy, and politics from First Contact through Reconstruction. Topics include colonial encounters, the Revolutionary War, the rise of participatory democracy, slavery and the creation of race, the "Market Revolution," geographic expansion, and the Civil War and its aftermath.

Academic Level

Undergraduate

Department(s)

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Course Type (Attributes)

HH Humanities History (HH), Humanities Practice (H), Crit. Power & Inequality (CPI)

Credit Type

Institutional

Instructional Method Name

Lecture