HIST 344 - Seminar on The United States, 1840-1860

FDR: HU, GE4b
Credits: 3
When Offered: Fall 2010 and alternate years

An intensive examination of the sectional conflict: the Mexican War, Manifest Destiny, slavery and the territories, the abolition movement, the failure of compromise, and secession. Emphasis on the study of primary sources and class discussion of assigned reading.Merchant.