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 Department:    HIST&

 Course #:    147

 Credits:    5

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    5

 CIP:    540102

 EPC:    n/a

 REV:    2021

 Course Description  

A survey of United States history from 1815 to 1914.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: ENGL 099 with a "C" or higher (or placement into ENGL& 101).

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 55

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Academic Social Sciences  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Students will be able to:
   • Identify the conflicts, the problems, and the values that dominated the United States in the 19th century.
   • Recognize the degree to which those same conflicts, problems and values affect Americans today.
   • Discuss the growing sectionalism of the early Republic leading up to the Civil War.
   • Discuss the challenges posed by slavery and the disappointments of emancipation following the Civil War.
   • Identify industrialization, immigration and urbanization as significant agents of change in American society.
   • Recognize the role and contributions of diverse populations in American history, including Native Americans, African-Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos and various religious minorities.
2. SOCIAL SCIENCES: Apply concepts from the social sciences to analyze individual or social phenomena, processes, events, conflicts, or issues.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2018 and affects outlines for 2019 and later.

Engage

Definition: Interact with humans and the environment informed by an understanding of equity.

Course Contents

1. Topics to be covered during the quarter include:
   • The expansion of American democracy
   • American Nationalism
   • Manifest Destiny and westward expansion
   • Growth of industry and transportation
   • Immigration and nativism
   • Slavery and abolition
   • The Civil War and Reconstruction
   • Labor vs. capital
   • Business and politics in the Gilded Age.