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HI117 Development of the United States I. 3 hours. A survey from settlement to the end of Reconstruction (1877). Topics include: basic institutions (family, religion, education, politics and economics); the causes of the American Revolution; democratization; the U.S. Constitution; development of political parties; the causes of the Civil War; and the changing status of African-Americans. Fulfills the state civics requirement. Fall and Spring.
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