Lecture 5.1 - Secionalism: The Union in Peril
Seminar 5.1 - The Road to War - Dred Scott and John Brown
"The Pro-Southern Court Speaks" (1857)
"A Virginia Newspaper Gloats" (1857)
"The North Breathes Defiance" (1857)
"Governor J.A. Wise Refuses Clemency" (1859)
"Horace Greeley Hails a Martyr" (1859)
"Lincoln Disowns Brown" (1860)
Seminar 5.2 - The Lincoln-Douglass Debates and the Election of 1860
"Stephen Douglas Opposes Black Citizenship" (1858)
"Abraham Lincoln Denies Black Equality" (1859)
"Fire-Eaters Urge Secession" (1860)
"The North Resents Treats" (1860)
end of week 1
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Lecture 5.2 - The Civil War
Seminar 5.3 - Why are We Fighting?
Abraham Lincoln, "Letter to Horace Greeley" (1862)
Abraham Lincoln, "Gettysburg Address" (1863)
Abraham Lincoln, "Second Inaugural Address" (1865)
General Willim T. Sherman, "A Letter to General Hood" (1864)
General John Bell Hood, "A Letter to General Sherman" (1864)
Lecture 5.3 - Reconstruction
Textbook: American Pageant Chapters
Ch 18: Renewing the Sectional Struggle (1848-1854)
Ch 19: Drifting Toward Disunion (1854 - 1861)
Ch 20: Girding for War (1861 - 1865)
Ch 21: The Furnace of Civil War (1861-1877)
Ch 22: The Ordeal of Reconstruction (1865 - 1877)
American Pageant reading guides:
Ch 18
Ch 19
Ch 20
Ch 21
Ch 22
>Give specific reasons for the failure of compromise to settle sectional differences prior to the Civil War.
> What factors account for the remarkable success of a new political party-- the Republicans-- in the elections of 1856 and 1860?
>"The Compromise of 1850 did not delay the breakup of the Union; on the contrary, it caused more problems than it solved." Assess the validity of this statement.
>"The South never had a chance to win the Civil War." Assess this tatemetn with respect to specific military, economic, and political factors.
>Today, Abraham Lincoln is considered one of our greatest presidents, but he did not enjoy such approval at the time. List some of the contemporary criticisms of Lincoln, and evaluate them.
>Measure Abraham Lincoln's original aims as president against his overall acheivements.
>Identify the candidates, issues, and results of the electoral crisis of 1876