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301. AMERICAN COLONIAL HISTORY. (3)

The settlement of North America and the growth of Anglo­ American civilization to 1763, stressing the development of political, economic, and religious institutions, and the de­ velopment of a distinctive American culture.

302. THE UNITED STATES FROM COLONY TO NATION. (3)

The American Revolution, the establishment of a democratic government, and the growth of the national culture from 1763 to 1828. 303. THE DISRUPTION OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. (3) Slavery, sectionalism, the realignment of political parties, their impact upon American national life, and the disruption of American democracy from 1828 to 1860.

304. THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION. (3)

The background, causes , war-time conditions both civi l and military in the North and South. Problems of reconstruction.

305. THE GROWTH OF MODERN AMERICA. (3)

Post-Civil War growth and development of the national economy, political reform movements, and the rise to a position of world power and cultural development to 1900.

306. THE UNITED STATES IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. (3)

The political, economic, intellectual, and cultural aspects of American democracy in the twentieth century. Emphasis on the impact of two world wars upon th e American way of life. A survey of the Pre-Columbian cultures; the conquest by Spain and Portugal and the European background of these countries; the development of the socio-economic, cultural , and governmental institutions in colonial life; the back­ ground of revolution and the wars of independence. A survey of the Latin American Republics from 1836 to 1945, emphasizing historical and representative govern­ ment, socio-economic, and cultural changes, and the role of the United States foreign policy in this era. Mexico from colonial times to the present with emphasis on the development of major economic, social, and political in­ stitutions, and their influence on Mexico's relations with other hemispheric states.

309. COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA. (3)

310. REPUBLICAN LATIN AMERICA. (3)

312. HISTORY OF MEXICO. (3)

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