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Religion in Early American History. Three semester hours. This course surveys the development of religion in North America from the Precontact Period to the end of the American Civil War, with an emphasis on the transplatation and evolution of European Christianity. Topics covered include American Indian and African religions as they developed in contact with missionizing Christianity in the colonial and early national contexts, the influence of Protestantism on American identity, the religious justifications for slavery, issues pertaining to religious tolerance and the separaton of church and state under the Constitution, the First and Second Great Awakenings, nineteenth-century reform movements and the role of religion in warfare from the Pequot War through the Civil War. Majors: Pre or co-requisite: Hist 253. Non-majors may enroll with consent of instructor.%
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The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850-1877. Three semester hours. This course charts national debate over slavery from the early Republic through secession, addresses topics concerning the conduct and outcome of the war, and discusses the legacy of the conflict in American history with special attention to the period of Reconstruction. The course strikes a balance between military, political, economic, racial, and gender issues in understanding the period. Majors: Pre or co-requisite: Hist 253. Non-majors may enroll with consent of instructor.%
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Emergence of Modern America, 1850-1920. Three semester hours. This course examines the final crisis between the sections over the issue of slavery which produced Civil War, slavery's destruction, an dopened a long tortured effort fully define citizenship for those freed from slavery's grasp. Industrialization and its complications brought political radicalism and demands for reform. Economic growth helped fuel expansion overseas greater involvement in the international affairs, and involvement in the First World War. Majors: Pre or co-requisite: Hist 253. Non-majors may enroll with consent of instructor.%
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The Twentieth-Century United States. Three semester hours. The cataclysm of World War I produced international economic castastrophe, masked initially in America by an emerging consumer economy and the Jazz Age. Economic depression produced a climate in which the government became insurer of general prosperity. World War II ended the Great Depression, produced the modern middle-class but also began a period of prolonged international competition with the Soviet Union. Despite prevailing over communism, the United States closed the century facing international uncertainty and economic limits. Majors: Pre or co-requisite: Hist 253. Non-majors may enroll with consent of instructor.%
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Civil Rights Movement, 1940-1968. Three semester hours. An exploration of the African American Civil Rights Movement, concentrating on developments in the American South. Topics covered include the origins of segregation and disfranchisement, extralegal methods of social control, national developments fueling black resistance, the varied groups within the movement, Black Power, and the decline of the movement after 1968. Majors: Pre or co-requisite: Hist 253. Non-majors may enroll with consent of instructor.%
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Race and Education in the 20th Century U.S. Three semester hours. This course will explore the evolution of the national culture of public education in the U.S. after the Civil War era. Students will examine political efforts used to assimilate minority populations in the U.S. in order to promote citizenship, as well as the impact of legislation and court decisions on public schools. The course will also include an investigation of the effects of education policies on children and their families, and how schools perpetuate racism and discrimination. Topics considered may include the impact of segregation on the educational experiences of African Americans and the consequences of attempts at forced assimilation on Native American educational experiences. Majors: Pre or co-requisite: Hist 253. Non-majors may enroll with consent of instructor.%
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History of Texas. Three semester hours. A topical examination of Texas history, this course covers material from the time of Spanish colonization to the present day. The state's diversity and development take center stage, and the state's history is placed in the context of national and global trends. This course examines political, economic racial, ethnic gender, and social issues in Texas history. Majors: Pre or co-requisite: Hist 253. Non-majors may enroll with consent of instructor.%
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