HIS 106U.S. History to 1877

Catalog

A survey of early American history to 1877 emphasizing political, social, and intellectual trends. Students are introduced to works of major historians and to various interpretations of American history. The course covers American history from its beginnings, to independence and the early Republic, Industrial Revolution and Market Revolutions, westward expansion, reform movements, slavery in America, the Civil War and attempted Reconstruction.