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3.00 Credits
Explores the myths and realities of life and politics in America from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century. Special emphasis is placed on how Americans lived, worked, fought, learned, worshiped and played in an environment that profoundly altered their former dreams and values. Students study the major themes of Colonial America, beginning with the first Americans, continuing with the European discovery of America, the early settlements on the Atlantic coastal plain, the development of these settlements into viable British colonies, their maturity and movement toward independence. Through this historical analysis, students assess the relevancy of early American ideas and institutions to contemporary American life and thought.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the roots and causes of American efforts to be free and independent from Great Britain. The course examines how the American colonist, in less than one hundred fifty years, matured politically, socially, economically and psychologically, preparing them to sever their ties to Britain. Students examine the administrative, diplomatic and military policies of the British Crown and Parliament, in contrast to those of the Americans during the Revolution. The significance of the Declaration of Independence, the trials of forming a government, the Articles of Confederation, and framing the United States Constitution will also be studied. While tracing the experiences of both patriots and loyalists during this contest of ideas and resultant civil war, those who significantly influenced and led the efforts for independence and constitution-making will be emphasized.
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3.00 Credits
Studies the domestic and foreign policies of Presidents George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and James Monroe. This course examines the important precedents established by the Washington Administration, the development of political parties, the expansion of the nation through the purchase and exploration of the Louisiana territory, the War of 1812, the "Era of Good Feeling" and the upsurge of nationalism that prepared the nation for continued growth and expansion.
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3.00 Credits
Presents the growth of political institutions and the major political personalities who fostered and contributed to the era of Jacksonian Democracy. President Jackson's administration is evaluated for its motives, successes, and failures in both domestic and foreign policy. Other politicians like John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, Martin Van Buren and other men and women are studied for their contributions to American political tradition. The social reform movements of the 1840's that paralleled the political developments, the crisis created in Congress by the expansion of slavery and the further development of sectionalism led America to the most destructive war in American history.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on the Civil War from Ft. Sumter to Appomattox Court House, including battles and military history, Lincoln's leadership during the war and emergency measures taken by the Union to quell the draft riots and thwart the Confederacy. The course examines the plans for reconstruction of the nation, which differed from Lincoln to Johnson to the radical republicans in congress who were eventually victorious.
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3.00 Credits
Studies the post-Civil War era which saw enormous prosperity, led by the "captains of industry" who created a new economic class and culture in America. Their economic empire, resting on the backs of a new working class, soon became paired with strivings for political empire for the U. S., resulting in the acquisition of Hawaii, the Philippines, Puerto Rico and a number of other Spanish territories, and the entrance of the U.S. into the international diplomatic world as a major power.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the two-front war fought by the United States from 1941 to 1945 that required the most significant national war effort in American history. This course will examine the leadership of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the important changes created by the war effort, from mass migration, inflation, rationing and the U.S. propaganda used to support the war to the actual progress of the war in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Pacific theaters of the war.
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3.00 Credits
Examines French colonial interests in Indochina and then focuses on U.S. involvement in Vietnam. The course will include discussion of the structure of colonial government in Vietnam, U.S. expectations during the Eisenhower era and the "containment policy,"the increased involvement under the Democratic administrations of Kennedy and Johnson and end of the war under Nixon. Of particular concern will be the Anti-War movement, its achievements and failures and the effect of the war on the American conscience.
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3.00 Credits
Presents the 1957 Civil Rights Act as the first national attempt since 1875 to extend full civil rights to America's black population. The controversy this engendered during the process of desegregation helped to create a broad-based national movement that used large demonstrations and boycotts that brought to the forefront new American heroes such as Martin Luther King, Jr., and Rosa Parks. This course will examine the progress of the Civil Rights Movement, its nonviolent wing and its more violent proponents in the Black Panthers as well as leaders like Malcolm X and Angela Davis. They helped to create a more broadly based Civil Rights Act in 1966 that helped to extend civil rights to all minorities; the tactics used by the Civil Rights Movement helped to prepare the ground for the anti-war, women's and gay rights' movements in the 1960s.
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3.00 Credits
Examines how the "Reagan revolution" in 1980which promised to restore prosperity and patriotism led to the decline of liberalism and the end of the American century. Political movements to extend the benefits and privileges of society to all social classes and to end discrimination against minorities, women and others, were compromised. This course will study the challenges of rapidly advancing technology, an increasingly unstable economy, political spin-control, the end of the Cold War and deeper ethnic divisions among increasing numbers of minorities, that force Americans to reconsider their priorities.
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