HST176

HST176/HI176 – American History to 1865

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Course ID
HST176
Department
History
Level
Undergraduate
Semester
Spring 2024: Term 1: January 8-April 26, Spring 2024: Term 3: January 22-April 12, Spring 2024: Term 5: March 18-May 10, Summer 2024 Term 2: May 20 – July 12, Summer 2024 Term 3: June 3 – July 26
Credit
3
Method
Online

HST176 American History to 1865 HI 176 provides students with an excellent introductory study in American History from 1492 to 1865. Topics of focus prior to the first examination include the Age of Discovery and European Expansion, the temper of European-Indigenous American “first contact”, early colonial wars and culture, the growth of the Anglo-American rift, and the American Revolution.

The second half of the course examines the failures of the early Confederation, America’s struggle to establish a constitutional Republic, the challenges of our first four executive administrations, Jacksonian Democracy and the transformation of America’s 19th century sociopolitical landscape, and an analysis of America’s bloody Civil War.

Prerequisite: None

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