History of the US Navy ((4 Credits))

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This study examines the history of the United States Navy from the Revolutionary War through the Spanish American War within the broad context of American History. Topics that will be covered by this study will include, the Navy's contribution to the American Revolutionary War effort, Barbary Terror, The Navy and the Debate over the Constitution of 1787, The philosophical and policy differences between the Federalists and the Jeffersonians, The War of 1812, the Age of Gunboat Diplomacy and the extension of the American Commercial Empire, the Mexican-American War, The Efficacy of the Union Blockade, The Commercial Raiders of the Confederacy, Alfred Thayer Mahan and the movement to expand America's Navy, and the Spanish American War. Advanced Level Reading, Writing, and Research Skills emphasized.