U.S. History is long and complicated. In this class, which is part of a 12 part series, we will delve into American History during the beginning of the 1800's. We will start by looking at the importance of cotton and the rise of plantation culture, and how the expansion of slavery impacted the addition of western states and territories. We will examine the Mexican-American war and explore how it fueled the belief in Manifest Destiny and migration west. And we will examine the transcontinental railroad, the rise in immigration, and it's impact on the American West. 

 It is not required to take each course in order or to take all 12 parts. 

Topics covered will be: 

1. The importance and rise of cotton and it's impact on plantation culture; the impact of the cotton gin
2. How cotton impacted slavery; The Cotton Revolution; How the U.S. grew to dominate the cotton trade
3. Growth of Southern Slave Culture and the image of the Old South; Life under slavery; 
4. How religion and honor shaped slavery; Nat Turner and his rebellion; 
5. Look at African American culture and society in South Carolina (Gullah) and New Orleans 
6. History of belief in Manifest Destiny; What was it's impact on politics and immigration in the early 1800's 
7. Western Migration; Impact and removal of different Nations of Native Americans from the Northern and Southern states
8. Western Migration; Impact and removal of different Nations of Native Americans from midwest areas
9. Life and Culture in the West 
10. The fight for Texas independence and struggle to become a state; 
11. The Mexican-American War and it's impact on growth in the Southwest
12. History of California; The California Gold Rush and it's impact on immigration and Indigenous people in California
13. The construction, growth and impact of the transcontinental railroad; Influx of immigration from China and Mexico and the rise in discrimination and segregation in the west
14. The Monroe Doctrine and influence of the United States in the world



2023-2024 Schedule - A Full Year of History - Parts 1 to 3: Tuesdays 9am PST
 
Part 1 - August 29 - November 7 https://outschool.com/classes/the-age-of-exploration-us-history-part-1-pNKFiuVb?sectionUid=a3e1a91b-eb3f-4a00-ae22-d28fbf87d8d5&showDetails=true

Part 2 November 14 - February 20 https://outschool.com/classes/the-colonial-era-in-north-america-us-history-part-2-N5Rb7D4S?sectionUid=be53cd7f-c220-44ed-8d9a-08b7115f6f47&showDetails=true

Part 3 March 5 - May 14 https://outschool.com/classes/the-american-revolution-us-history-part-3-xTdB9tHL?sectionUid=cefbc317-f550-4cc7-bc42-9a8d6cca1e6f&showDetails=true


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2023-2024 Schedule - A Full Year of History - Parts 4 to 6: Tuesdays 8am PST

Part 4 - August 19 - November 28 https://outschool.com/classes/us-history-1780-1825-part-4-kRRAzKnW?sectionUid=698e50b4-eba6-436b-8db6-1f6dfa6cba29&showDetails=true

Part 5 - December 5 - February 20 https://outschool.com/classes/us-history-1800-1860-pre-civil-war-part-5-IJLNKjve?sectionUid=44cb64b1-db29-4c42-8c1d-9efc19dec5ac&showDetails=true

Part 6 - March 5 - June 4 https://outschool.com/classes/us-history-part-6-westward-expansion-QZJVQaN4?sectionUid=fc683527-8e2e-4094-aea6-c2e78a4fb7e3&showDetails=true


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2023-2024 Schedule - A Full Year of History - Parts 7 to 8: Monday 12pm PST 

Part 7 -  August 29 - January 8
https://outschool.com/classes/the-american-civil-war-us-history-part-7-rh6I3bkR


Part 8 -  January 14 - May 20 
https://outschool.com/classes/the-gilded-age-and-the-progressive-era-us-history-part-8-SvzqIbu0