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Analyzes the causes, progress and consequences of the costliest war in U.S. history in terms of casualties, property damage and enduring political acrimony. Topics covered may include the establishment and demise of race-based slavery, the profitability of cotton, states’ rights, military strategy and tactics, laws of war, transnational developments, the impact on civilian populations, post-war reconstruction, governmental transformations, and present-day legacies.

BHUM: GenEd-Breadth/Humanities, CEA: ProgCLA-CEA and Au Pair, DVIT: GenEd-Diversity International, EMAF: Major-Africana Elective, ENAF: Minor-Africana Elective, ENAM: Minor-American Stud Elective, MAFR: Major-Africana, NAFR: Minor-Africana, NAME: Minor-American Studies