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3.00 Credits
3 s.h. A study of American history from the French and Indian War to the end of the American Revolution. Covers British colonial policy, the revolutionary movement, changes in American society during and after the War, as well as the social, economic, political, and military aspects of the War. ( LA) Prerequisite: SoS or 3 s.h. 100-level HIST course.
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3 s.h. This course explores the history of the "New Republic" in two ways.First, the course focuses on the life and times of Thomas Jefferson. In so doing, the course merges historical biography and political history to examine Jefferson's early life in Virginia, his political career (before 1800), his important writings, and the significant actions/ideas that shaped his presidency. Second, the course examines several social, economic and cultural changes that made the "New Republic"one of the most critical eras in US history. In so doing, the course weaves together recent social, cultural and economic interpretations to examine the changing role of women in society, the experience of African-Americans (both free and enslaved), the experience of indigenous people, the significant economic changes in urban and rural America, and the "birth" of an "American" cultur e. (LPrerequisite: SoS or 3 s.h. 100-level HIST course.
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3 s.h. U.S. history from the Era of Good Feelings to the Mexican War. Stresses economic change, sectionalism, the disintegration of the old party system and the formation of a new one, the impact of Andrew Jackson, reform movements, and expansion. ( LA) Prerequisite: SoS or 3 s.h. 100-level HIST course.
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3 s.h. Causes of the Civil War; the war and its impact, North and South; and the heritage of the reconstruction era. ( LA) Prerequisite: SoS or 3 s.h. 100-level HIST course.
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3 s.h. A study of political, social, and economic forces from 1877 to 1900. Topics include: political party development, the rise of big business and urbanism, the development of organized labor, agrarian discontentment, and overseas expansion. ( LA) Prerequisite: SoS or 3 s.h. 100-level HIST course.
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3.00 Credits
3 s.h. Surveys the political, social, and economic forces that brought about the progressive reform movement of the early 20th century. Prerequisite: SoS or 3 s.h. 100-level HIST course. ( LA)
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3 s.h. Examines the political, social, and economic forces from 1920 to 1941. Topics include: the revolt against Victorianism, the Republican prosperity of the 1920s and its limitations, the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal, the rise of organized labor, reform, and the conservative reaction. ( LA) Prerequisite: SoS or 3 s.h. 100-level HIST course.
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3 s.h. A study of the rise and fall of the post-war Liberal-Conservative consensus, the impact of the Vietnam War both at home and abroad, the various domestic liberation movements, and the country's move to the right since presidents Ford and Carter. ( LA) Prerequisite: SoS or 3 s.h. 100-level HIST course.
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3 s.h. This course examines the political, cultural, and social changes in the United States during the turbulent decade of the 1960's. Topics include civil rights, the women's movement, expansion of the welfare state, the war in Vietnam, the formation and demise of the liberal consensus, the emergence of the counter-culture, and the conservative backlash. ( LA) Prerequisite: SoS or 3 s.h. 100-level HIST course.
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3.00 Credits
3 s.h. This course will examine the development of the American frontier from the Appalachian Valley in the mid 18th century to the trans Mississippi West and Pacific Coast region in the 20th century. Major topics will include but are not limited to: historical perception of the frontier in American History; immigrants on the Great Plains; the cowboy myth; the role of the US Army on the frontier; the anglo views of Native Americans. The American West as a cultural and political entity in the 20th century will also be considered. ( LA) Prerequisite: SoS or 3 s.h. 100-level HIST course.
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