HIST 337 Civil War & Reconstruction
This course examines the United States between 1848 and 1877. Topics include the Civil War historiography; slavery and sectional politics; the major military campaigns; wartime politics; African American resistance and the collapse of slavery; the transformation of household and gender relations; Reconstruction and the realignment of the American political system; and labor in the post- emancipation South. Students will be required to complete a major primary source-based research paper on a topic of their choosing.