HIS131 — United States History I: Colonization to the Civil War
HIS 131 - United States History I: Colonization to the Civil War HIS 131 - United States History I: Colonization to the Civil War HIS 1131. Description: Survey of social, economic, political, and cultural history from pre-Contact through the Civil War. Emphasis on diverse scholarly interpretations of historical events and evidence. Examination of the continental approach to the development of the United States and the American people and their various contributions to America’s shared past. General Education Competency: Written Communication; Diversity Lecture: 3 Lab: 0 Course Content: Indigenous America Columbian exchange European colonization Colonial society Slavery and racialist thought American Revolution Formation of a national government National identity Market revolution and the rise of capitalism Age of Jackson First & Second Great Awakenings Sectionalism Reform Movements Abolition Western expansion Conflict and consensus Civil War Culture, ethnicity/race, class, and/or gender Theories, methods, and historiography Learning