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 Nineteenth 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.)
