“American History” will be an introduction to the study of the majthemes and issues funderstanding contemporary American society from a historical perspective. The course will begin with an introduction to the class. The second week covers colonial America. The third week focuses on the sources of the American Revolution. The fourth week focuses on the American Revolution itself and the creation of the US constitution. The fifth week focuses on the expansion of the US westward. The sixth week focuses on slavery in the US and the US Civil War. The seventh week focuses the post-Civil War rapid US economic development. The eighth week is fmidterm tests. The ninth week focuses on the Progressive movement and leads into the impact of US participation in the First World War on the US domestically. The tenth week focuses on the Great Depression/New Deal and American participation in World War II during the Roosevelt Administration. The eleventh week focuses on the Cold War and its impact on American politics and government. The twelfth week focuses on postwar US social movements: the American Civil Rights movement in the 1950s, the Anti-Vietnam War and youth movement into the 1960s and 1970s. The thirteenth week focuses on the Right wing reaction. The fourteenth and fifteenth weeks focus on the domestic politics of the post post-Cold War US.