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Fall 2023
Aug 19, 2026 |
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| HSTY 111 - United States History to Reconstruction |
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A political, economic, social, and cultural survey of American history in a global context from the beginning of European and Indigenous contact to the Civil War era. Topics may include: the development of racial slavery; the movement of the colonies toward revolution and independence; the formation of the Constitution; the westward expansion of the nation and its impact on Indigenous Americans and on sectional identity; shifting conceptions of race and gender; and the conflict over the institution of slavery that culminated in the Civil War and Reconstruction. Note: This course fulfills the State law requiring study of the United States and Massachusetts constitutions.
1.000 Credit hours 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Non-Matriculated, Post-Baccalaureate Tchr Lcnse, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent/Directed Study, Lecture History Department Course Attributes: Dv1_DomainGenEd-Domain III-A, Constitutions Requirement, Undergraduate Level Course, Lrng Objective 02, Lrng Objective 05 |
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