The Civil War and Reconstruction - 1850 -1861

开始时间: 04/22/2022 持续时间: 10 weeks

所在平台: EdxArchive 课程类别: 其他类别 大学或机构: ColumbiaX 授课老师： Tim Shenk Eric Foner

课程主页: https://www.edx.org/archive/civil-war-reconstruction-1850-1861-columbiax-hist1-1x

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*Note - This is an Archived course*

A House Divided: The Road to Civil War, 1850-1861 is a course that begins by examining how generations of historians have explained the crisis of the Union.  After discussing the institution of slavery and its central role in the southern and national economies, it turns to an account of the political and social history of the 1850s.  It traces how the issue of the expansion of slavery came to dominate national politics, and how political leaders struggled, unsuccessfully, to resolve the growing crisis. We will examine the impact of key events such as Bleeding Kansas, the Dred Scott decision, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, and John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry, and end with the dissolution of the Union in the winter of 1860-61.

This course is part of the series, Civil War and Reconstruction, which introduces students to the most pivotal era in American history.  The Civil War transformed the nation by eliminating the threat of secession and destroying the institution of slavery.  It raised questions that remain central to our understanding of ourselves as a people and a nation — the balance of power between local and national authority, the boundaries of citizenship, and the meanings of freedom and equality.  The series will examine the causes of the war, the road to secession, the conduct of the Civil War, the coming of emancipation, and the struggle after the war to breathe meaning into the promise of freedom for four million emancipated slaves.  One theme throughout the series is what might be called the politics of history — how the world in which a historian lives affects his or her view of the past, and how historical interpretations reinforce or challenge the social order of the present.

See other courses in this series:
The Civil War and Reconstruction - 1861-1865
The Civil War and Reconstruction - 1865-1890

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课程大纲

• An overview of the political and social history of the 1850s
• How generations of historians have explained the crisis of the Union
• Slavery’s central role in the southern and national economies
• How the issue of the expansion of slavery came to dominate national politics
• Reasons for Lincoln’s rise to national prominence
• How political leaders struggled, unsuccessfully, to resolve the growing crisis in the nation. Key events in history, such as:
  • Bleeding Kansas
  • The Dred Scott decision
  • The Lincoln-Douglas debates
  • John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry
  • Dissolution of the Union in the winter of 1860-61

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