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4.00 Credits
An analysis of the evolution of the United States from the French and Indian War to the Constitutional Era. The course is topical in organization. Students explore the society, economy, politics and religion of the Revolutionary Era. Special attention will be paid to the Revolutionary War itself, and the impact of that war on the daily lives of both women and men. The experience of native Americans and slaves in the Revolutionary Era is also studied.
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4.00 Credits
An analysis of the era of sectionalism and social reform in American history, this course focuses on the age of Andrew Jackson, slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction, and traces the evolution of American society from 1828 to 1867.
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4.00 Credits
Concentrating on the period between Reconstruction and America's entry into World War I (1876-1917), this topical course examines the development of the United States from a condition of agrarianism to that of a major world power.
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4.00 Credits
A thematic study of major historical issues in the United States during the nineteenth century. Topics may include: the Civil War in American memory; the formation of American nationalism; the emergence of reform movements including abolition and emancipation, temperance, women's rights, and evangelism; the United States in the context of the Atlantic World; and the development of constitutionalism and law in the United States.
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4.00 Credits
A topical study of contemporary America, as rooted in the social, political, and economic development of the United States since World War I.
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4.00 Credits
An analysis of the social, political, and economic role of women in American history from the colonial period to the present. Discussion of the family as a force in American history and the impact of the feminist movement on the major institutions of American life.
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4.00 Credits
An exploration of the meaning and construction of masculine identities in America from the founding of the Republic to the present. Male experiences, including social class, race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, and age, are investigated from a chronological and thematic perspective. The link between masculinity and the popularity of sports, pornography, and the American proclivity for violence are also examined.
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4.00 Credits
Topical study of the origins and subsequent development of American foreign policy, including the struggle for independence, Manifest Destiny, post-Civil War expansionism, the two World Wars, and the post-1945 period.
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4.00 Credits
Topical study of American thought with primary emphasis on the assumptions, the ideas, and the individuals who shaped patterns of thinking in the past. The topics to be considered include Puritanism, the Enlightenment, Romanticism, Transcendentalism, Pragmatism and Liberal Democracy.
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4.00 Credits
An examination of the ways in which the region of the American South has evolved from slavery to freedom. Emphasis is placed on developing an understanding of the course of black history, the secession crisis, the Civil War, the New South and the Sunbelt South.
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