A historical survey tracing the political, social, and cultural events that have shaped and created the United States from pre-Columbian times to 1877. Emphasis is placed upon pre-Columbian past, European contact during Age of Exploration, colonial America, American Revolution, Constitutional and Federalist Era, Jeffersonian democracy, Jacksonian Era, Old South and slavery, Age of Reform, antebellum society, westward expansion, sectional crisis, American Civil War and Reconstruction. The course also explores the origin and development of significant American institutions, ideals, thought, constitutional features and various social and ideological struggles. (C-ID HIST 130) (CSU/UC)Â (AA/AS-D, CSU-D, IGETC-4)