HIS 113 - Jacksonian America

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Long Island University-C W Post Campus

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Description:

America during Andrew Jackson's presidency has often been dubbed, "The Era of the Common Man," signaling the nation's shift from a republic to a democracy. Understanding the political transformation was a market revolution that altered every aspect of life and work for antebellum Americans. This course will study the spread of industrial capitalism and the rise of wage labor, the expansion of slavery, and political crises over the relationship between liberty and economic power. The first president to come from humble beginnings, Jackson gave expression to the anxieties spawned by growing inequities in wealth. Simultaneously, he was responsible for the largest expulsion of Indians east of the Mississippi and face one the earliest constitutional crises over slavery. The course will analyze the significance evangelical revivals, reform moments, that attempted to control drinking, gambling, sexual relations and health, and the most radical of all reforms abolitionism. Prerequisite of HIS 3 or permission of the instructor is required.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.liu.edu

Phone Number:

(516) 299-2900

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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