Glory and Despair: The United States 1607-1865

Undergraduate

United States history and culture from earliest European settlement in North America to the Civil War. Topics include early contact between Europeans and Indigenous peoples, the developing cultures of colonial America, slavery, the American Revolution, the United States Constitution, Jeffersonian America, Jacksonian Democracy, 19th-century social reform, Manifest Destiny and causes of the Civil War. Course Format: Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Course Notes: This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. The method of delivery will be listed on the academic timetable, in the applicable term.