SLAVERY, CIVIL WAR, AND RECONSTRUCTION, 1848-1877

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Civics & Perspectives Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies Breadth - Humanities or Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the history of slavery in the United States, the sectional crisis, the Civil War, slave emancipation, and Reconstruction, including their relation to the transformation and persistence of Native American societies in the context of U.S. conquest and settlement. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Discuss the reverberation of these histories in contemporary U.S. society. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze critically what they have previously been taught about the Civil War and its relationship to the history of slavery, freedom, and the United States. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Explain why this history remains contested and controversial, and recognize what is at stake in these debates. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the history of slavery in the United States, the sectional crisis, the Civil War, slave emancipation, and Reconstruction, including their relation to the transformation and persistence of Native American societies in the context of U.S. conquest and settlement. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Discuss the reverberation of these histories in contemporary U.S. society. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze critically what they have previously been taught about the Civil War and its relationship to the history of slavery, freedom, and the United States. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Explain why this history remains contested and controversial, and recognize what is at stake in these debates. Audience: Undergraduate