HIS 131 - United States History I: Colonization to the Civil War

1. Indigenous America
2. Columbian exchange
3. European colonization
4. Colonial society
5. Slavery and racialist thought
6. American Revolution
7. Formation of a national government
8. National identity
9. Market revolution and the rise of capitalism
10. Age of Jackson
11. First & Second Great Awakenings
12. Sectionalism
13. Reform Movements
14. Abolition
15. Western expansion
16. Conflict and consensus
17. Civil War
18. Culture, ethnicity/race, class, and/or gender
19. Theories, methods, and historiography

1. Evaluate historical events through different historical methods, theories, and interpretations. (1-19)
2. Contrast common memory to historical evidence. (1-19) 
3. Define and utilize relevant terminology. (1-18)
4. Identify primary and secondary historical sources. (1-19) 
5. Assess the reliability and objectivity of various forms of historical evidence. (1-19)
6. Identify historical issues. (1-18)
7. Formulate questions from historical sources. (1-19)
8. Define the issues of culture, ethnicity/race and/or gender, class and cultural diversity in the context of American history. (1-19)
9. Interpret events and actions within appropriate temporal and spatial contexts. (1-19)
10. Define the cultural, political, religious, scientific/technological, and economic structures that contributed to the development of American history. (1-19)
11. Explain the pivotal events in American history within their historical context and interpret their contributions towards change and continuity (or cause and effect) of the historical period. (1-18)
12. Identify major constitutional issues. (5-7, 18-19) 
13. Define the concepts of racialist thought and the concept of "race." (1-5, 8, 12-19)

1. Engage in active, informed and scholarly discussion.
2. Identify, locate and analyze primary source materials germane to historical study.
3. Conduct scholarly research using a research library.
4. Employ thoughtful and precise writing, critical reasoning, and analytical discourse through assigned writing tasks, essay examinations, journals, and research papers.