HIST 344 - Seminar: Sectionalism & Secession, 1840-1861

FDR: HU Humanities Distribution
Credits: 3

Prerequisite: instructor consent. 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.