A course covering the history of the United States from its Native American and European origins to the end of Reconstruction. Major topics include the development of British colonial policy, the causes of the War for Independence, the formation of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, the development of democracy during the Jefferson and Jackson Administrations, immigration, industrial and urban history, Manifest Destiny and territorial expansion, the institution of slavery, the ante-bellum reform movement, the causes and consequence of the Civil War, and Reconstruction.