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$79
Plus membership
3 Credits
All courses include:
eTextbooks
2 to 3-day turnaround for grading
Multiple chances to improve your grade
On-demand tutoring & writing center
Student support 7 days a week
$79
Plus membership
3 Credits
About This Course
ACE Approved 2023
Our United States History I online course focuses on the characteristics of societies existing in the Americas prior to 1877. Learn about European exploration and colonization of the New World. U.S. History I also examines the impact colonization had on Europe, Africa, and the young United States. The emergence of political, religious, economic, and social institutions is also discussed.
Course Outcomes
Apply historical research skills to major themes in American History to 1877
Detect the causes of European exploration and colonization in the New World and assess the impact of these activities on Europe, Africa, and the New World.
Understand how political, religious, economic, and social institutions emerged in the American Colonies.
Specify the causes of the American Revolution and evaluate the impact of the Revolution on politics, the economy, and society.
Recognize how the institutions and practices of government evolved to create the foundation of the American political system.
Explain territorial expansion from 1801 to 1877 and assess its effects on relations with Native Americans and external powers.
Synthesize and assess developments in political democracy after 1800
Recognize how the Industrial Revolution and Western movement changed the lives of Americans.
Specify the major causes and events of the Civil War and assess the impact of the war on the American people.
Summarize the sources and character of cultural, religious, and social reform movements in the antebellum period.
Explain how various Reconstruction plans succeeded or failed.
Course Text
Prefer the hard copy? Simply purchase from your favorite textbook reseller; you will still get the eTextbook for free. The required eTextbook for this course is included with your course purchase at no additional cost.
Brinkley, Alan. The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People, Volume I, 8th edition
McGraw-Hill, 2016. ISBN: 9780073513331 [This text is available as an etextbook included in your enrollment. Students may find used, new, or rental print copies]
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