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
mediæval history, down to the death of Charlemagne. (One unit.)
History B. Mediæval 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.)
