HIS 115 - The Era of Civil War and Reconstruction

Institution:

Long Island University-C W Post Campus

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Description:

The history of American society during the era its most cataclysmic event - the Civil War - and its boldest experiment in social change and civic equality- Reconstruction. The course will explore the social and political changes that led to war: the expansion of slavery in the South, the spread of industrial capitalism in the North; the emergence of ideologies of reform, abolitionism, and free labor, and the defense of slavery by the southern ideologues. We will analyze the political compromises over slavery that defined the American polity since the ratification of the Constitution, the failure of those compromises, and the crisis of secession. Will cover the military, political and social character of emancipation, and the legacy of Reconstruction. Prerequisite of HIS 3 or permission of the instructor is required.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

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Institution Website:

www.liu.edu

Phone Number:

(516) 299-2900

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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