HIST 252 - The Civil War Era

3 Credit (3 lecture, 0 lab) 3 Contact Hours [Reading Level 3 ]

This course focuses on the immediate Antebellum period. Early 19th century background gives way to a focus on the period from the Mexican War (1845-8) through Reconstruction and the end of military rule in the South by 1877. It is a detailed, in-depth study of a generation of conflict and the central event in our nation’s history.
OFFERED: even-year fall semesters

Course Goals; Objectives; Competencies
Goal 1: Students will be able to describe the climate of conflict and major issues of the Antebellum period.

Goal 2: Students will recognize multiple factors contributing to conflict.

Goal 3: Students will identify critical developments in the dissolution of Union (personalities, legislation, movements, inventions).

Goal 4: Students will identify phases, significant battles and personalities, and key social/political/economic events of the War.

Goal 5: Students will recognize similarities and differences in Northern and Southern economies.

Goal 6: Students will recognize unresolved issues of the War.

Goal 7: Students will understand comparisons between government role in Reconstruction and Modern era.

Goal 8: Students will identify accomplishments and failures of Reconstruction.

Goal 9: Students will understand the political intrigue and electoral irregularities that gave rise to the Compromise of 1877, ending Reconstruction.

Goal 10: Students will comprehend the legacy of an unfinished Reconstruction and its implications for the 20th century and the 21st.