Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 6 · Cal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 7 · CSU GE Area D · CSU GE Area FDescriptionThis course is a survey of the social, economic, and political construction of the United States from its colonial origins through the formation of the United States constitutional government and its Civil War period. This course provides a background in the political and social development of the United States for students majoring in the Social Sciences, with a supplement of focused study on the evolution of the institution of slavery, to gain a better understanding of 17th, 18th, and 19th Century race construction in America.