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CIVIL WAR & RECONSTRUCTION

 COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course examines a critical period in American  History, the Civil War and Reconstruction (1844-1877). 3 credits.

TOPICS COVERED:

• The Antebellum North & South

• Slavery

• Manifest Destiny & Sectional Conflict

• The Crisis of the 1850s

• Secession

• Military Campaigns

• The Homefronts

• Emancipation

• The War's End, 1865

• Presidential Reconstruction

• Congressional Reconstruction

• Economic & Social Reconstruction

• The End of Reconstruction-The Compromise of 1877

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

• 3 Essay Examinations (25%, 25%, 25%)

• 1 Oral Presentation (15%)

• Class Participation (10%)

 TEXTBOOK:                                     

• James M. McPherson & James K. Hogue, Ordeal by Fire  4th edition.

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