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2025-2026 College Catalog 
  
2025-2026 College Catalog

HIS 201 - United States History I


IAI Number GECC: S2900
3 Credit Hour(s)
3 Lecture Hour(s)
0 Lab Hours(s)
The origins of American culture from exploration through settlement and the founding of the United States. Emphasis is given to social, religious, economic, and political factors that shaped and continue to shape American civilization. Colonization, development of American identity, rebellion against Great Britain, the writing of the Constitution, and the evolving cultures of North and South are addressed. The course culminates in the sectional crisis, the Civil War, and Reconstruction.