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History.

History A. Greek and Roman History, including 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, including 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
ascendency 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 Ninetenth Century. (One unit).

History C. English History, including 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:—In American
History the work includes 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. In Civil Government the work covers 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).