HIST 232-01, United States in the Nineteenth Century, Spring 2001

Abstract

This course is a survey of the political, social, economic, cultural, and constitutional development of the United States from the 1780s to the turn of the twentieth century. We will pay particular attention to how nineteenth century Americans gave meaning to their new constitution, how sectional loyalties competed with national allegiances, and how the nation’s economy evolved and expanded over the course of the century.