HIS1100: U.S. History

05/01/2023 to 04/30/2024 • Modified 06/08/2023
Request Info Register

Course Description

This course provides an overview of American History from early exploration to the present. It will examine the development of the American republic with special attention paid to the political, intellectual, economic and cultural influences on the development of the United States as an exceptional nation in a global context.

Prerequisite

None

Schedule

Module 1: Colonial America

  • Week 1: Exploration & Early Settlement
  • Week 2: British Colonial America
  • Week 3: Quiz & 18th-Century British America
  • Week 4: Assessments: Colonial America

Module 2: From Colonies to Nation

  • Week 5: The American War for Independence
  • Week 6: Quiz: The American War for Independence & Declaration of Independence Project
  • Week 7: US Government & the First Presidents
  • Week 8: The War of 1812 & the Era of Good Feelings
  • Week 9: Test: From Colonies to Nation & Exam: Quarter 1

Module 3: The American Republic

  • Week 10: The Slavery Question & the Democratization of America
  • Week 11: Jacksonian America & Quiz: The American Republic
  • Week 12: Jacksonian America Project

Module 4: Manifest Destiny & American Reform

  • Week 13: Manifest Destiny, Industrialization, & the Second Great Awakening
  • Week 14: Women, Family, and Reform & Quiz

Module 5: The American Civil War

  • Week 15: The Compromise of 1850, the Election of 1860, & the South Secedes
  • Week 16: The Civil War
  • Week 17: Radical Reconstruction & Quiz/Begin Test Review
  • Week 18: Test & Exam: Quarter 2

Module 6: Populism, Progressivism, & Imperialism

  • Week 19: The New South, the Old West, & Big Business
  • Week 20: Labor, Populism, & Progressivism
  • Week 21: American Imperialism

Module 7: Europe’s Great War

  • Week 22: Europe’s Great War
  • Week 23: Quiz: Europe’s Great War & Test: Populism, Progressivism, Imperialism & War

Module 8: The Roaring Twenties & the Great Depression

  • Week 24: The Roaring Twenties & the Great Depression
  • Week 25: The New Deal
  • Week 26: Culture in the Great Depression
  • Week 27: Test: The Roaring Twenties & the Great Depression/ Exam: Quarter 3

Module 9: World War II

  • Week 28: World War II: The Early Years
  • Week 29: Word War II: The War
  • Week 30: World War II: The End of War
  • Week 31: Assessments: World War II

Module 10: Modern America

  • Week 32: The Cold War & Civil Rights
  • Week 33: The 1960s
  • Week 34: The Late 20th Century
  • Week 35: The New Millennium
  • Week 36: Test: Modern America & 36-Week Exam
Read More
Contact Us
Call Us Request Info Apply Now

How Can We Get in Touch?

Request Information

Enter a legal first name
Enter a legal last name
Enter a valid phone number
Select an address from the search above, or use the link below
Apt., P.O. Box, or don't see your address?
Grade Level of Interest (select one or more)

By submitting my contact information through this form, I agree that Liberty University (including Liberty University Online Academy) and its affiliates may call me about its offerings and other business matters by any phone number I have provided and may provide in the future, including any wireless number, using automated technology.