Description: Survey of European expansion in America, Indian-White encounters, colonial culture and institutions, the Revolution, the implementation of the Constitution, the Federalist and Jeffersonian eras, the age of Jackson, the slavery issue and the Civil War. Covers economic, political, social, and cultural developments of the period. (AA: Area E1 or E5b, CSU: Area D+US-1, UC: Area 4+US-1)