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ECON 101 - US Economic History and Institutions

1. Describe important economic and political events in US history and the connections among them.;
2. Explain how the unique backgrounds and social experiences of groups within the US population shape different views toward economic policy;
3. Identify key economic legislation, from the US Constitution to recent laws, and the historical context that motivated them;
4. Analyze the various processes by which economic policy is made in practice and whom these processes tend to empower;
5. Discuss the confluences and trade-offs between individual economic liberties and social objectives.

1. Explain how social, political, and economic institutions and/or principles intersect with each other.
2. Describe how people produce, resist, and/or transform social, political, and economic institutions/principles.
3. Investigate contemporary and/or historical events/issues from a social science perspective.

1. Explain the causes and consequences of major historical events in a period of at least a hundred years of U.S. history.
2. Describe the contributions of major social movements and ethnic groups in a period of at least a hundred years of U.S. history.

1. Describe the development of the U.S. Constitution and its later interpretation and amendments.
2. Explain the practices and institutional forms of democracy derived from the U.S. Constitution.
3. Explain citizen rights and responsibilities under the U.S. Constitution.