Dec 07, 2025  
2025-2026 Cal Poly Maritime Academy 
    
2025-2026 Cal Poly Maritime Academy

HIS 100 - U.S. History (to 1877)


Class Hours: 3, Units: 3
General Education: Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences - lower division; American Institutions I (history). Area 6 Ethnic Studies (formerly Area D lower division, formerly Area F)
Prerequisite(s): None
An American history survey course with an emphasis on indigenous and African-American lived experiences and social struggles. Course contains topics including indigenous models of economy and society, initial encounters between native populations and Europeans, issues of settler colonialism and autonomy, models of enslavement and resistance, and anti-slavery activism including the abolitionist movement through emancipation and reconstruction.
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