If you do well in this course, you will be able to:
- Interpret the Civil War and Reconstruction era in the larger context of American history. •
- Analyze the impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on the development of American economic, social and political institutions.
- Discuss the emancipation of the slaves, and analyze its long term consequences for American race relations.
- Identify and discuss the causes of the Civil War.
- Describe the military developments (campaigns, technology, strategy) during the war and explain the war's outcome.