HIST 1001: United States History to 1877

• compare and contrast the experiences and contributions of major ethnic and social groups in American history
• describe the influences of political, economic, cultural, religious and social factors to interpret events in early American history
• identify important developments, events and individuals in early American history.

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Themes may include but are not limited to class, race, gender, and ethnicity; immigration; systems of labor; intellectual, technological, environmental, social, and cultural history; and foreign relations.

1. Introduction to basic methods of historical research and analysis.
2. Indigenous peoples, cultures, and lands.
3. European colonization.
4. Indentured servitude, chattel slavery, and the evolution of colonial labor systems.
5. Establishment and maturation of diverse colonial settlements and populations.
6. Colonial policies and imperial rivalries in North America and their implication for settlements.
7. The American Revolution.
8. The formation of the United States government from the Articles of Confederation through the ratification of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
9. The Early Republic including the meanings of democracy; political parties; economic and territorial expansion.
10. Sectionalism, expansion of slavery, and the Market Revolution in Antebellum America.
11. Manifest Destiny, the War with Mexico and its aftermath, and Indigenous policy.
12. Second Great Awakening, Abolitionist Movement, Women’s Rights and other Antebellum Revival and Reforms.
13. Crisis of the 1850s and the coming of the Civil War.
14. The Civil War.
15. Reconstruction.