HI 232 Reconstruction & Post-Civil War America
The purpose of this course is to examine the Reconstruction era (1865-1877) in American history. This period had tremendous political and social consequences on the country. Students will read, discuss, and write about social, economic, political, and cultural aspects of the Reconstruction years with the goal of deepening your understanding of its significance in our nation's history. Our analysis will begin long before Reconstruction itself and move past it as well into the twentieth century.