Goucher College 2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
    Nov 24, 2024  
Goucher College 2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.

HIS 210 - Survey: Early American History (4 Cr.)

(formerly HIS 110) (LER-TXT and LER-DIV)
This course investigates the broad sweep of early American history from the era of European-Native American encounters through the era of the Civil War.  Topics to be discussed will likely include Native American life, the origins and career of slavery, patterns of European settlement, the American Revolution, the birth and growth of political parties, economic development, the antebellum conflict over slavery, and the causes and consequences of the Civil War.  Readings will include primary and secondary sources. Also open to students who have not previously taken and courses in history. Prerequisite: completion of 12 credits or permission of instructor. Fall semester. Dator, Hale.