This survey course of U.S. 从殖民时代到现在的历史将包括政治, economic, social, 并通过对殖民时期国家成长和进步的各个阶段的文化发展进行研究, independence, early nationhood, sectional strife culminating in the Civil War, reconstruction, economic expansion, prosperity, depression, imperialism, reforms, two world wars, and contemporary tensions.