Civil War and Reconstruction

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The principal goal of this seminar will be to familiarize students with some of the most important aspects of the Civil War and Reconstruction period in the United States, including the close examination of some of the more important historiographical debates. Topics include: sectionalism, antebellum political parties, slavery, abolition, Civil War politics, Presidential and Congressional Reconstruction, and Redemption. Students will use primary and secondary resources to produce a significant research paper.