ClassInfo - Spring 2018 History Classes

Spring 2018 | HIST 3812 Section 001: The Civil War and Reconstruction (67724)

Instructor(s): J. David Hacker
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018

Mon, Wed 08:15AM - 09:30AM

UMTC, West Bank

Blegen Hall 435
Enrollment Status:: Open (40 of 50 seats filled)
Also Offered:: (Tentative) Fall 2022

Course Catalog Description:: United States from 1848 to 1877. Causes of sectional crisis; Southern secession; Lincoln and emancipation; military history; impact of war North and South; Reconstruction efforts to change the Southern life and transform the status of African Americans.
Class Description:: This course explores the origins, nature, and consequences of the American Civil War. We begin with the causes of the deepening sectional crisis and discuss the political, economic, and social reasons for Southern secession. We then turn to an examination of the war itself, exploring the reasons men fought, the move toward emancipation as a Northern war aim, the reasons for Confederate defeat, and the short- and long-term impact of the war on women and men. We conclude with an examination of the experience of Reconstruction in the South and the war's legacy in modern America.
Grading:: 25% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
30% Written Homework
10% Attendance
10% Class Participation
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67724/1183
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 8 November 2013

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