Course Outline
CSET STUDY GUIDE History & Social Science PART II: UNITED STATES HISTORY THE GRAND EXPERIMENT U.S. history is unique for at least two reasons: for the first time in recorded history, a mass migration in which one group of people overwhelmed and eliminated another for the first tie, a nation was founded on democratic principles, as a conscious attempt to put idealistic notions of governance into practice usual historical considerations: economic forces, discoveries and inventions, other social, political, and cultural developments and influences shaping the country themes of U.S. history: migration/immigration expanding democracy vs. contracting democracy states rights vs. federalism isolation vs. engagement civil rights labor rights