Course Description
This course is designed as the first of a two-year study of United States history. The second year of the study is to be taught at the High School level. Content allows students the opportunity to examine the growth and development of the United States from its exploration and colonization through the Civil War and Reconstruction by addressing the political, economic, religious, social, intellectual, and artistic elements of each period. The following list provides a brief glance at the course content which will be covered through the essential elements to prepare students for real world experiences in an ever changing society.
Course Outline
Geography of the United States
The First Americans-Pre 1492
European Exploration-1000 A.D.-1754
English Colonization-1607-1733
Struggle for Independence 1754-1776
American Revolution 1776-1783
Confederation Period 1781-1788
Establishing a Constitution 1787-1791
Federalist Era 1789-1800
Democratic-Republican Era 1809-1817
Nationalism 1815-1825
Jacksonian Era 1828-1840
Sectionalism 1819-1860
Reform Movements 1830-1860
Westward Expansion 1820-1860
Events Leading to the Civil War-1850’s
Civil War and Reconstruction 1861-1877
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