History 140 - The Development of the American Nation

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University of California-Irvine

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Growth of a distinctively American society out of the colonial heritage, with emphasis on social and economic bases of culture and politics, sectionalism, industrialization, and the United States as a world power. 140A Early America: 1492-1740 (4). Examines the history of the land that became the first 13 states of the United States, from early attempts at exploration and discovery to the economic growth and demographic heterogeneity that marked the white settlements of the early 1700s. 140B Revolutionary America: 1740-1790 (4). An exploration of why 13 continental colonies, whose commercial and cultural connections with Britain far exceed their interaction with one another, resisted imperial reform after 1763 to the point of war in 1775 and independence the following year. 140C Coming of the Civil War (4). Investigates the social, political, economic, cultural, and constitutional changes that transformed antebellum America and culminated in civil war. 140D Civil War and Reconstruction (4). Focuses upon the social, economic, political, cultural, and constitutional changes that transformed the United States during the Civil War era. 140F The United States in the 1890s (4). A social, cultural, political history of U.S. in 1890s. Topics include racial politics of Jim Crow; Spanish- American War and conquest of the Philippines; "New Women" and genderingof modern culture; rise of cities, urban reform, labor resistance to new capitalist order. 140G The Cold War and After (4). Explores topics in gender, race, and class in American history since 1945, considering politics and popular culture, domestic issues, and foreign policy. Topics include McCarthyism and the civil rights, anti-war, and feminist movements.

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3.00

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www.uci.edu/

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(949) 824-5011

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

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Quarter

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