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HIST 304 The Civil War and the Making of America Units: 6.00
Focus on the causes and consequences of the Civil War, slavery, antebellum social and political divisions, secession, the experiences of soldiers and civilians during the war itself, reconstruction, and the place of the Civil War in US culture since 1877.
Learning Hours: 240 (36 Lecture, 36 Seminar, 168 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite Registration in a HIST Major or Joint Honours Plan.
Exclusion HIST 216/3.0.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Discuss and analyze the multiple causes and consequences of the US Civil War and Reconstruction (1820-1915).
- Critically read, contextualize, and discuss in seminar and written work multiple kinds of primary documents (including personal papers, political documents, newspaper articles, photographs, maps, oral histories, literature, government documents).
- Read historians’ work in the context of historiographical debates.
- Develop and hone skills in active listening, posing effective questions, and presenting historical analysis and evidence orally; contribute to collaborative seminar discussion in class, particularly through the crafting of critical and effective questions.
- Practice and refine skills to present cogent arguments and sustain historical analysis using primary and secondary sources in a range of short and longer papers.