HIST 2211 - U.S. History I

1. Understand the cultures of North America at the time of European arrival.
2. Have gained the basic information about European expansion into the western hemisphere.
3. Understand the interrelationships of the major cultures in North America.
4. Have an understanding of the British Imperial system.
5. Have acquired the basic facts and an understanding of the theory and practice of the U.S. Revolution and of the developing political and constitutional system.
6. Know about the westward expansion of the new nation.
7. Appreciate the development of an “American culture”.
8. Discern the basic patterns of the developing economic system.
9. Understand the nature of the conflicts over national union, slavery, the Civil War and Reconstruction.
10. Acquire, analyze and synthesize information.
11. Make independent judgments/conclusions in a scientific, objective and bias-free manner.

1. Indian Pre-History
2. European Expansion
3. Native-American Diversity
4. European and African Migrations
5. Colonial Development
6. British Imperial System
7. Revolution and Independence
8. Constitutional Development
9. Establishing a New System
10. Jeffersonian “Revolution”
11. Western Expansion
12. Economic Development
13. The Slavery System
14. Changing Immigration Patterns
15. The Civil War
16. Reconstruction (ending 1877)