United States History I

Course Hours: 
135
Price: 
$1,000.00
Course Type: 
Mentor Supported
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This course introduces you to United States history, starting in pre-Columbian times up to 1877. After completing this course, you will better understand the trends, concepts, and key historical events that shaped the formative years of the United States and its development through the Civil War. The course flows chronologically, starting with a discussion on the Western Hemisphere prior to the arrival of Christopher Columbus, then moves on to the European colonization of the North American continent. We explore how the original Colonies formed, how those colonists lived, and what prompted them to revolt and create the United States. From there, we will learn how the Founding Fathers enacted their vision of government by, for, and of the people, how the Jacksonian Era impacted the direction of the country, and how Manifest Destiny led to a rapid expansion westward.  We conclude by discussing how the growing conflict between northern, urban, manufacturing interests and the southern, pastoral, slave owners resulted in the American Civil War.

Prerequisite: None

After completing this course, you should be able to:

  • Recall the global social, political, economic, and technological factors that led to the discovery of the New World and colonization of the North American continent
  • Recognize the factors that contributed to the development of colonial America, and the colonists growing dissatisfaction with their imperial masters
  • Identify the key historical events that resulted in the establishment of the United States, and the actions the country’s founders took to ensure that their new union would endure
  • List the historical events that allowed the United States to evolve from a small, decentralized alliance to a Federation playing on the world stage
  • Identify the social, cultural, scientific, and economic factors that created two very different visions for the country, resulting in the Civil War

United States History I Module 1
New Worlds and the First Experiments  

  • The First Americans
  • Old World Peoples in Africa and Europe
  • Europe’s Internal Transformation
  • Struggles for New World Dominion
  • England’s Southern Plantings
  • Colonists and Indians: Coexistence and Conflict

United States History I Module 2
Imperial Connections  

  • The Restoration Colonies
  • Shaping Imperial Commerce
  • Imperial Economies and the Colonies
  • The Colonial Atlantic System
  • The Dominion of the New England
  • The Glorious Revolution
  • Colonial Political Revolts
  • Politics and Culture in the New Century

United States History I Module 3
Colonial Maturation, Conflict, and Striving for Independence   

  • Growth and Diversity in the Colonies
  • Varieties of Life in the North
  • Varieties of Life in the South
  • Slave Resistance and Rebellion
  • The Great Awakening
  • The Great War for the Empire
  • Boston Massacre
  • The First Continental Congress
  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

United States History I Module 4
Winning Independence  

  • The Second Continental Congress
  • Declaring Independence
  • The French Alliance
  • The New Republic Order
  • Loyalists
  • Armies and Taxes
  • Prices and Wages
  • Spies, Prisoners, and Evaders
  • Winning the War

United States History I Module 5   
Striving for Nationhood

  • Treaty of Paris
  • Shaping the West
  • The National Founding
  • Forming a National Government
  • Federalists vs. Democratic-Republicans
  • Factions, Interests, and American Identity
  • Expansion and the Agrarian Republic
  • War of 1812

United States History I Module 6
New Social Identities and Transforming Political Culture

  • Transforming the Empire for Liberty
  • Immigration
  • The Commercial Republic
  • Roads and Turnpikes
  • Steamboats and Canals
  • New Regional Identities
  • Tensions in the Empire for Liberty
  • Jacksonian Persuasion
  • Indian Removal
  • Tariffs and Banks

United States History I Module 7
Reform in the North and Slavery, North, and South  

  • Immigration and Urbanization
  • Rich and Poor
  • Order and Disorder
  • Coastal and Frontier Farming
  • Transportation, Communication, Invention
  • Northern Labor
  • The Lowell Experiment
  • Varieties of Reform
  • Abolition and Antislavery Movements
  • Southern Society
  • African-American Culture
  • Planters and Yeomen

United States History I Module 8
The Westward Experiment   

  • Manifest Destiny
  • Sponsors and Entrepreneurs
  • The Lure of the West
  • Western Trails
  • The Indian Territory
  • Mexico and its Territories
  • The Alamo and the Republic of Texas
  • Expansion and Sectionalism

United States History I Module 9
The Sectional Challenge

  • Territory and Politics
  • The Compromise of 1850
  • The Fugitive Slave Act
  • The Election of 1852
  • Renewed Foreign Expansionism
  • New Party System
  • Lincoln and the Union

United States History I Module 10
The Civil War and Reconstruction

  • The War Begins, 1861
  • Attack on Fort Sumter
  • Battle of the Border States
  • Battle of Bull Run
  • Financing the War
  • Lincoln’s Plan for Union
  • Restoration Under Johnson
  • President vs. Congress
  • Reconstruction and Women’s Suffrage
  • President Grant and the Divided North
  • Compromise of 1877
  • The New South

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Internet Connection

  • Broadband or High-Speed - DSL, Cable, and Wireless Connections

*Dial-Up internet connections will result in a diminished online experience. Classroom pages may load slowly and viewing large audio and video files may not be possible.

Hardware Requirements

  • Processor - 2GHz Processor or Higher
  • Memory - 1 GB RAM Minimum Recommended

 

PC Software Requirements

  • Operating Systems - Windows 7 or higher
  • Microsoft Office 2013 or higher. Also, you could use a general Word Processing application to save and open Microsoft Office formats (.doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx)
  • Internet Browsers - Google Chrome is highly recommended
    • Cookies MUST be enabled
    • Pop-ups MUST be allowed (Pop-up Blocker disabled)
  • The Kindle Reader App or VitalSource Bookshelf App are needed for many of our courses (No special equipment needed. This can be downloaded for FREE onto your computer.)
  • PowerPoint Viewer (if you do not have PowerPoint)
  • Adobe PDF Reader
  • QuickTime, Windows Media Player &/or Real Player

 

MAC Software Requirements

  • Operating Systems - Mac OS x 10 or higher with Windows
  • Mac office programs or a Word Processing application to save and open Microsoft Office formats (.doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx)
  • Internet Browsers- Google Chrome is highly recommended
    • Cookies MUST be enabled
    • Pop-ups MUST be allowed (Pop-up Blocker disabled)
  • The Kindle Reader App or VitalSource Bookshelf App are needed for many of our courses (No special equipment needed. This can be downloaded for FREE onto your computer.)
  • PowerPoint Viewer (if you do not have PowerPoint)
  • Adobe PDF Reader
  • Apple QuickTime Media Player