HISU 349

The Coming of the

Civil War

 

Click to hear an except of "Lincoln and Liberty," one of Lincoln's campaign songs from the 1860 presidential election.


Professor Richard B. Latner

Department of History
215E Hebert Hall
(862)8606
latner@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu


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HISU 349 The Coming of the Civil War: United States, 1830-1861 (3)

Mr. Latner. An examination into the origins and causation of the Civil War. Emphasis is placed on the political, social, and economic background of the Civil War, particularly the party system, abolitionism, slavery, and race relations. The course ends with the firing on Fort Sumter.


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