HIST A304 - The United States from 1789 to 1865 II

I. 1789-1840: Growth of national political institutions from Washington to Jackson; international conflicts, War of 1812, territorial expansion; political, economic, intellectual, social foundations of age of common man; antebellum reform. II. 1840-1865: Slavery, antislavery movement, Mexican War, sectional crises of 1850s, Civil War.

Cr. 3.
Variable Title
(V.T.)
Dual Level Course
Undergraduate Level, Eligible for Graduate Credit