HIST 133 - Era of the Civil War and Reconstruction

Upper Division

Prerequisites
Students must have sophomore standing to enroll in upper-division courses.

An examination of American society and politics from the Age of Jackson to the end of Reconstruction. Major focus is on the Civil War as the great crisis of national unity. Topics include slavery and other sectional differences that underlay the conflict; the political events that led to war; the struggle on the battlefield and home fronts; emancipation and its effects; and the new nation that emerged after the “failed revolution” of Reconstruction.

Core Curriculum Designation(s)
SHCU - Social, Historical, and Cultural Understanding

Term Offered
Offered in alternate years.

Course credits: 1