2024-2025 College Catalog 
    
    Oct 07, 2024  
2024-2025 College Catalog

HIS 131 - U.S. History to 1865


Credits: 3
Lab/Lecture: Three lecture.

Study of the peoples and forces that comprise the history of the United States from the pre-Columbian era to the end of the Civil War (1865).
Course Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
  1. explain the complexity and diversity of American society during this period;
  2. explain the colonial process and the motivation behind the process;
  3. describe the American Revolution, including its major causes and its consequences;
  4. explain the contributions of Native Americans and the European and African immigrants to American society;
  5. evaluate the institution of slavery in America, the causes for it, and the reasons for its demise; 
  6. discuss the Civil War, its causes and course, and its aftermath and consequences;
  7. explain the evolution of American political institutions;
  8. describe the evolution of the American economy and its impact on American culture;
  9. utilize the historical evidence and theories presented in this course to explain present-day America.


General Education: Social/Behavioral Sciences.
Special Requirement(s): Contemporary Global/International Awareness or Historical Awareness; Ethnic/Race/Gender Awareness.