The Civil War –
Who won?
What changed?
What stayed the same?
Why does it matter?
What did white, southern
plantation owners lose?
Why were southern planters
in such bad financial shape
after the Civil War?
What did the freedmen win?
What did the freedmen lose?
Why could “freedom” be
both a blessing and a curse
for African Americans right
after the Civil War?
What did non-planter white
southerners lose?
What did northerners win?
How did the North’s victory in
the Civil War change the
United States?
How did the North’s victory in
the Civil War change the
United States?
--
politically?
Why does the North gain
political power?
How did the North’s victory in
the Civil War change the
United States?
-- politically?
-- economically?
Why did many (factory
owners and workers) in the
North support a high tariff on
imports?
Why had southerners
opposed raising tariffs before
the Civil War?
How did the North’s victory in
the Civil War change the
United States?
-- politically
-- economically
-- psychologically
What problems must the
federal government
address?
How would the seceded
states return to the union?
Who gets to decide?
How harsh/lenient will the process be?
How to define “freedom”?
How to enforce “freedom”?
“Reconstruction” or
“Restoration”?
Why is “Radical
Reconstruction” radical?
What is the reaction to
“Radical Reconstruction”?
Legacy of Reconstruction?
“The Iron Horse”
The emergence of the
transcontinental
railroads
The conventional Wisdom:
“Unless the government had been
willing to build the
transcontinental lines itself, some
system of subsidy was essential.”
“The aid bred inefficiency; the
inefficiency created consumer
wrath; the consumer wrath led to
government regulaton; and the
regulation closed the UP’s options
and helped lead to bankruptcy.”
Folsom, 22
“Those [railroad line builders] who
got federal aid ended up being
hung by the strings that were
attached to it.”
Folsom, 29
Track “A”
-- Read only the assigned textbook
-- No need to attend class
-- Exams based ONLY on the textbook
-- Midterm (50 multiple choice) on October 12
-- Final (50 multiple choice) on December 14
Track “B”
-- Read the four novel/memoirs (but not the text
book)
-- Must attend class (attendance taken)
-- Exams based on books and in-class discussion
-- Midterm (50 multiple choice) October 13
-- Final (50 multiple choice) December 14
-- Four quizzes (one on each of the 4 books)
-- OPTIONAL paper
Tindall and Shi,
America: A Narrative
History
Brief 8th Edition
ISBN: 0393934101
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