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

Paper: 6-page critical essay based on assigned books. Guidelines will circulate ca. Jan.25.

Graduate Requirements: Meet with me on this.

David M. Potter. The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861.

Eric Walther. The Fire-Eater.

Herman Hattaway. Shades of Blue and Gray

David W. Blight. Frederick Douglass’ Civil War

Emory M. Thomas. The Confederate Nation, 1861-1865

David M. Potter. The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861.

Eric Walther. The Fire-Eaters.

Jan.  4—Why the Civil War?

	6—Slavery and Southern Society
	8—The Antislavery Movement and Northern Society
	11—The Slavery Question Enters Politics, 1840s (1-2)
	13—The Conflict over “Free Soil,” 1846-49 (3-4)
	15—Resolution: The Compromise of 1850 (5)
	18—Martin Luther King, Jr., Day. No class
	20—Aftermath of Compromise, 1851-53 (6, 8)
	22—Words and Meanings
	25—The Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854 (7)
	27—Political Realignment in the North, 1854-56 (10)
	29—Kansas Conflict & Dred Scott Case, 1854-57 (9, 11)

Feb.  1—1858: Buchanan, Douglas, & Lincoln (12-13)

	3—John Brown’s Raid, 1859 (14-15)
	5—Politics of the 1860 Election (16)
	8—Secession of the Lower South, 1860-61 (17-18)
	10—Midterm test

Herman Hattaway. Shades of Blue and Gray

David W. Blight. Frederick Douglass’ Civil War

Emory M. Thomas. The Confederate Nation, 1861-1865

Feb. 12—The Outbreak of War, 1861 (19-20)

	15—The Union and the Confederacy in 1861
	17—Armies and Army Life
	19—Experiments in War Economy
	22—Campaigns and Battles, 1861-62
	24—Campaigns and Battles, 1862-63
	26—Campaigns and Battles, 1863-64

Mar.  1—Confederate Politics: War and the Davis Administration. Paper due.

	3—Union Politics: The Adoption of Emancipation
	5—Union Politics: The Consequences of Emancipation
	8—Behind the Lines: The Home Fronts
	10—The Union Grip Tightens, 1864
	12—The Confederate Curtain Falls, 1865
	Mar. 17 (Wed.)—Final Exam, 3:15 PM. Bring “green books.”