The U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865
HIST 293
Fall 2021
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This course explores the causes, course, and consequences of the Civil War through an overview of U.S. history from roughly 1845 to 1877. Students will learn about one of the most transformative periods in U.S. history in all of its drama, complexity, and lasting implications. Topics will include the antebellum worlds of slavery and free labor; the rise of abolitionism; the U.S.-Mexican War and the problem of western expansion; the breakdown of the U.S. political system in the 1850s; southern secession; the course of the Civil War from Fort Sumter to Appomattox; the international context of the Civil War; the dynamics of slave emancipation; Reconstruction; and the place of the Civil War era in popular memory and culture. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (HIST-MN)(HIST)(HRAD-MN) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
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Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
DAVID W. BLIGHT, A SLAVE NO MORE: TWO MEN WHO ESCAPED TO FREEDOM, INCLUDING THEIR OWN NARRATIVES OF EMANCIPATION (NEW YORK: HARCOURT, 2007)
CHARLES B. DEW, APOSTLES OF DISUNION: SOUTHERN SECESSION COMMISSIONERS AND THE CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR (CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PRESS, 2001)
FREDERICK DOUGLASS, NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, AN AMERICAN SLAVE. EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DAVID W. BLIGHT, THIRD EDITION (BOSTON: BEDFORD/ST. MARTIN'S, 2017)
GARY GALLAGHER AND JOAN WAUGH, THE AMERICAN WAR: A HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA, SECOND EDITION (STATE COLLEGE, PA: FLIP LEARNING, 2019)
MICHAEL P. JOHNSON, ED., ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SLAVERY, AND THE CIVIL WAR. SELECTED WRITINGS AND SPEECHES (BOSTON: BEDFORD/ST. MARTIN'S, 2011)
STEPHANIE MCCURRY, CONFEDERATE RECKONING: POWER AND POLITICS IN THE CIVIL WAR SOUTH (CAMBRIDGE, MA: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2010)
K. STEPHEN PRINCE, ED., RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION: A BRIEF HISTORY WITH DOCUMENTS (BOSTON: BEDFORD/ST. MARTIN'S, 2016)
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Examinations and Assignments:
Two 5-6 pp. papers, final examination |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
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| Instructor(s): Shinn,James Times: .M.W.F. 09:50AM-10:40AM; Location: JUDD113; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 2 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: 2 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 4 | FR: 4 |
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| Total Submitted Requests: 3 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 3 |
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