HIS 105 - America to 1877

Semester Hours: 4

This course covers the birth of America in Europe, and traces the development of a new society based on the encounter of Native American Indians, European-American settlers, and African-Americans. The course includes a detailed examination of the American Revolution, the creation of a new nation under the Constitution, westward expansion, Jacksonian democracy, sectionalism, slavery, economic development, changes in family and women’s roles, Romanticism, religion, reform, and the Civil War. The interplay of economic development, demographics, and social structure are highlighted. This course seeks to put U.S. history within a global context, while also exposing students to historiographical questions in an introductory fashion. Meets Humanity and Culture Intellectual Perspective requirement (HC).

Intellectual Perspective: HC