Certificate in the Study of State Violence (War, Atrocity, and Genocide) - Slavery and the American Civil War

HIST 2046  Slavery and the American Civil War

Prerequisites:

Six credits of 1000 level History or 24 credits completed. HIST 1037 is strongly recommended.

Hours:

Three hours of lecture per week.

Credits:

3

Description:

In 1858, William Seward called the growing rift between the northern and southern states an "irrepressible conflict." Students are encouraged to eschew any argument about inevitability by exploring in detail the causes, course, and consequences of the U.S. Civil War. Attention is given to both macro and micro history–i.e. large scale changes in the economic, political, and cultural spheres, and how individuals navigated those changes.