HIST 201 United States History I
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History (HIST) Courses
- HIST 100 History of Western Civilization I
- HIST 101 History of Western Civilization II
- HIST 104 World History I
- HIST 106 World History II: From 1500 to Present
- HIST 201 United States History I
- HIST 202 United States History II
- HIST 260 Women In American History
- HIST 261 Women in American History I
- HIST 262 Women in American History II
- HIST 310 California History
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Minimum Grade for Prerequisites
Unless otherwise indicated, a grade of C or higher is required for all prerequisite courses.
Course Description
This course explores the evolution of the United States from its pre-Columbian Indigenous American origins through Reconstruction (1877). Using the analytical lenses of race, class, gender, and ethnicity, students examine the constitutional, political, economic, social, religious, environmental and cultural forces that shaped, and continue to shape, the nation and the lives of its diverse inhabitants. Topics include Indigenous societies and cultures, European colonization, servitude and enslavement, abolition, the American Revolution, early nation formation and the evolution of the U.S. political institutions, settler colonialism in the American West, immigration & migration, social and religious reform movements, the U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction.
- Lecture hours/semester: 48-54
- Homework hours/semester: 96-108
