HIST 263 - S/U/Civil War and Reconstruction: The United States 1848-1877

Credit(s): 3
Lecture: 3
Non-Lecture: 0
General Education Area(s): Social Sciences, American History

A study of the causes and course of the American Civil War and subsequent Reconstruction with an emphasis on the political and cultural aspects and implications. Topics include slavery and abolition, sectionalism, the breakdown of the party system, the war itself as experienced by both soldiers and civilians, political and military leadership, the course of Reconstruction, the conflicts generated by Reconstruction, and the ambiguous legacy of the entire period for American culture. Not offered on a regular basis.