HIST 325 - Civil War and Reconstruction

3 Credits
3 hours per week.

This course questions why the United States erupted into a civil war less than a century after the country was founded through an examination of the roots of the war, the wartime experience, how the war ended slavery, and how the war was and is remembered. It also examines the era of Reconstruction, paying attention to the meaning and immediate consequences of emancipation and freedom.

Offered (FALL/SPRING)