Early American Republic

Catalog description

(AM) Prereq., WRIT 101 or WRIT 201 . This course explores the dynamic and formative period of United States history between the American Revolution and the Civil War. Topics include the U.S. Constitution & the early American state; political culture & the rise of democracy; western empire & Native American dispossession; religion & reform; the expansion of southern slavery & the growth of northern market capitalism; sectional conflict and the threat of civil war.