HIST 242 - The United States, 1789-1840

FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall 2013

Prerequisite: Open to any senior, junior or sophomore, and first years who have credit in Hist 107 and 108. The political, constitutional, economic and social history of the United States from the beginning of Washington’s first term as president to the end of Van Buren’s only term. Launching the Republic; Hamiltonian economic program; the first party system; the Revolution of 1800, the second war for independence; the second party system; westward expansion; Nullification; the Bank War; and the second Great Awakening. Merchant.