"Now we are engaged in a great Civil War, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure." -Abraham Lincoln.
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"Now we are engaged in a great Civil War, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure." -Abraham Lincoln. 〰️
Major Themes
Rise of Sectionalism
States Rights v Federalism
Slavery as an economic and social institution
The emergence of Sectionalism over issues of expansion and morality
Expansion and the growth of Nationalism
Economic, social and political Causes of the Civil War
Abolitionists: Fanatics or Reformers
The Industrial Revolution comes to America
The nature of the union and the legal theory of secession
The policy, strategy and tactics of the Civil War
The constitution and practical dilemma of restoration
The struggle for black civil rights and equality
Dp1 guide topic outline
United States’ Civil War: Causes, course and effects (1840–1877)
This section focuses on the United States’ Civil War between the North and the South (1861–1865), which is often perceived as the great watershed in the history of the United States. It transformed the country forever, but the war created a new set of problems: how would the country be reunited? How would the South rebuild its society and economy? How would the four million freed former slaves fit into society?
• Slavery: cotton economy and slavery; conditions of enslavement; adaptation and resistance; abolitionist debate—ideological, legal, religious and economic arguments for and against slavery, and their impact
• Origins of the Civil War: the Nullification Crisis; states’ rights; sectionalism; slavery; political issues; economic differences between the North and South
• Reasons for, and effects of, westward expansion and the sectional debates; the crises of the 1850's; compromise of 1850; political developments, including the Lincoln – Douglas debates and the presidential election of 1860
• Union versus Confederate: strengths and weaknesses; economic resources; role and significance of leaders during the Civil War; role of Lincoln; significant military battles/campaigns
• Factors affecting the outcome of the Civil War; the role of foreign relations; the Emancipation Proclamation (1863) and participation of African Americans in the Civil War
• Reconstruction: presidential and congressional plans; methods of southern resistance; economic, social and political successes and failures
• African Americans in the New South: legal issues; the black codes; Jim Crow laws
The Road to civil war & Reconstruction
Trigger Events of the Civil War
Gettysburg Address Page
Fighting for the Union- Why They Fought
The Blue & The Grey Mini-Series
Eastern Theatre
Western Theatre
Abraham Lincoln: Tyrant, Hypocrite or Consummate Statesman
Book Discussion on Lincoln: The Screenplay
‘NOW HE BELONGS TO THE AGES’
ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION
Abraham Lincolns 1st Inagural Address
Presidential Election of 1864
Abraham Lincolns 2nd Inaugural Address
Africans’ Appropriations of the Symbolism of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln and Abolition
Leadership of Abraham Lincoln & Jefferson Davis
Lincoln vs. Davis by Professor Ernest Butner
Two war leaders: Lincoln and Davis
Lincoln and Davis as Commanders in Chief: A Review
Hist 119: The civil war and reconstruction era(1845-1877)
Essay Question:
"Reconstruction was doomed to fail." To what extent do you agree with this statement.
Civil War & Reconstruction Lecture Notes:
The South and The Slavery Controversy
"War at the best, is terrible, and this war of ours, in its magnitude and in its duration, is one of the most terrible." -Abraham Lincoln, 16 June 1864
"War at the best, is terrible, and this war of ours, in its magnitude and in its duration, is one of the most terrible." -Abraham Lincoln, 16 June 1864
"War at the best, is terrible, and this war of ours, in its magnitude and in its duration, is one of the most terrible." -Abraham Lincoln, 16 June 1864 "War at the best, is terrible, and this war of ours, in its magnitude and in its duration, is one of the most terrible." -Abraham Lincoln, 16 June 1864