The Civil War and Reconstruction
21H.116J · History, Science, Technology, and Society · Undergraduate · Fall 2005
Prof. Merritt Roe Smith
<p>Although attention will be devoted to the causes and long-term consequences of the Civil War, this class will focus primarily on the war years (1861-1865) with special emphasis on the military and technological aspects of the conflict. Four questions, long debated by historians, will receive close scrutiny:</p> <ol> <li>What caused the war?</li> <li>Why did the North win the war?</li> <li>Could the South have won?</li> <li>To what extent is the Civil War America’s “defining moment”?</li> </o…
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