HISTORY.
History A. Greek and Roman History.—The geography of Greece and
the early development of ancient Hellas; state and national development to
the period of the foreign wars; the foreign wars and the supremacy of Athens;
the wars between the Greek states; the Macedonian invasion and the empire
of Alexander the Great; the geography of Italy and early Roman legend; the
Roman republic and its supremacy in Italy; the conquest of the Mediterranean;
the transition from republic to monarchy; the ancient world under the Roman
empire; the transition from ancient to medieval history, down to the death of
Charlemagne. (One unit.)
History B. Medieval and Modern European History.—The Carolingian
empire and feudalism; the papacy and the beginnings of the new Germano-Roman
empire; the formation of France; the East and the crusades; Christian
and feudal civilization; the era of the Renaissance; the Protestant revolution
and the religious wars; the ascendancy of France and the age of Louis
Quatorze; the rise of Russia and Prussia and colonial expansion; the French
revolution; Napoleon and the Napoleonic wars; the growth of nationality,
democracy, and liberty in the nineteenth century. (One unit.)
History C. English History.—The geography of England and early
Britain; Saxon England; Norman England; England under the Plantagenets;
Tudor England; Puritans and Royalists; the constitutional monarchy; the
modern British empire. (One unit.)
History D. American History and Civil Government.—(1) History:
The earliest discoveries to 1607; Virginia and the other Southern colonies;
Massachusetts and the other New England colonies; New York and the other
Middle colonies; the colonies in the eighteenth century; the causes of the
Revolution; the Revolution, the Confederation and the Constitution; Federalist
supremacy to 1801; Jeffersonian Republicanism to 1817; economic and political
reorganization to 1829; the National Democracy to 1844; slavery in the Territories
to 1860; the War of Secession, Reconstruction and the problems of peace
to 1900. (2) Civil Government: The early forms of government; the colonies
and colonial government; colonial union and the Revolution; the Confederation
and the Constitution; the political parties and party machinery; the existing
Federal Government; the foreign relations of the United States. (One unit.)
