History 314 - The Reconstruction Era

Institution:

Colgate University

Subject:

Description:

F. Dudden Reconstructing the South after secession and civil war, and after the emancipation of some four million slaves, was arguably the greatest deliberately undertaken social project in American history. It began almost as soon as the war broke out, in captured territory in 1861, and lasted until the so-called Compromise of 1877 withdrew the last federal troops from the South. There is limited coverage of wartime events and military history. Topics from political history include the presidencies of Andrew Johnson and U.S. Grant, impeachment, Radical Reconstruction, the Reconstruction (13th, 14th, and 15th) Amendments, the uneasy coalitions and terrorist violence that marked southern politics in those years, and the process known as "Redemption." The course also deals with topics drawn from social and cultural history, African-American history, women's history, and contemporaneous developments in the North and the West. Prerequisites: HIST 200 and 206

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.colgate.edu

Phone Number:

(315) 228-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

The Course Profile information is provided and updated by third parties including the respective institutions. While the institutions are able to update their information at any time, the information is not independently validated, and no party associated with this website can accept responsibility for its accuracy.