HST 118 - Civil War and Reconstruction

Course Units: 1.0

(TBD: Staff) An examination of the causes of the deepening sectional crisis; the political, economic, and social reasons for Southern secession; the move toward emancipation as a Northern war aim; the impact of the war on women and men, with special attention to geographic location, race, and class; and the experience of Reconstruction in the South. CC: SOCS