History 457-III: The Era of Reconstruction, 1864-1890

Spring 2007 Prof. Jack Maddex jmaddex@uoregon

Meets 1:00-1:50 M W F Office 333 McKenzie (346-4829)

In 300 Villard Hours 2:30-4:00 MW; 10:00-11:30 UH

Website is on Blackboard.

I Radicalism and Reconstruction, 1864-1872

Eric Foner. Reconstruction: America 's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 , pp. xvii-xxv, 1-444.

Carol Faulkner. Women's Radical Reconstruction .

Michael Fitzgerald. Urban Emancipation , pp. 1-162

Apr. 2—Reconstructing the Reconstruction Period

4—Emancipation and Wartime Reconstruction Plans

6—Andrew Johnson's Presidential Reconstruction, 1865-66

9—Presidential Reconstruction in the South

11—Johnson's Conflict with Congress, 1866

13—Designing Congress' Reconstruction Program, 1866-67

16—Implementation, Impeachment, & 1868 Election

18—Constitutional Revolution within Limits

20—Beyond Race & Reunion: Women, Natives, Workers

23—The Grant Presidency & the Fifteenth Amendment, 1869-70

25—The New Southern Politics and Governments

27—Southern Politics, 1868-70: Changes & Challenges

30—Southern Politics, 1871-72: Republican Consolidation & Recovery

May 2—Southern Economy & Society: Cotton Fields & Beyond

4— Midterm Test (tentative date). Bring “green books.”

II Conservative Reaction and Stabilization, 1872-90

Foner, Reconstruction , pp. 444-612.

Michael Fitzgerald. Urban Emancipation , pp. 168-267.

Ward M. McAfee. Religion, Race, and Reconstruction .

Stuart McConnell. Glorious Contentment .

May 7—Benefits and Costs of Southern Republican Rule

9—Civil-Rights Politics in the Grant Era

11—Industrialization and Northern Social Changes

14—Changes in Parties and Factions, 1870-72

16—The Panic of 1873 and Its Effects

18—Conservative Gains in the South, 1873-76

21—Conservative Gains in the North, 1873—76

23—The 1876 Election and “the Compromise of 1877”

25—“The New South,” Conservative Model. Paper due.

28— Memorial Day (in memory of the Union dead). No class.

30—“Spoils” and “Reform” Politics, 1877-84.

June 1—The First Cleveland Presidency, 1885-89

4—What Happened to Civil Rights in the 1880s?

6—The Cultural Road to Reunion

8—1889-90: The New Sectionalism and the Old

June 2 (Tues.)— Final Exam , 3:15-5:15. Bring “green books.”

Midterm Test —25 % of grade. Paper —25 %. Final Exam —50 %.

Paper: A 6-page critical, reflective essay based on assigned or additional reading.