The Civil War and Reconstruction - 1850-1861: A Nation Divided - Columbia University
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Discover how the issue of slavery came to dominate American politics, and how political leaders struggled and failed to resolve the growing crisis in the nation.With this course you earn while you learn, you gain recognized qualifications, job specific skills and knowledge and this helps you stand out in the job market.
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Subjects
- History
- Civil War
- Reconstruction
- American Politics
- Social History
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What you'll learn
- An overview of the political and social history of the 1850s
- How generations of historians have explained the crisis of the Union
- Slavery’s central role in the southern and national economies
- How the issue of the expansion of slavery came to dominate national politics
- Reasons for Lincoln’s rise to national prominence
- How political leaders struggled, unsuccessfully, to resolve the growing crisis in the nation. Key events in history, such as:
- Bleeding Kansas
- The Dred Scott decision
- The Lincoln-Douglas debates
- John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry
- Dissolution of the Union in the winter of 1860-61
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The Civil War and Reconstruction - 1850-1861: A Nation Divided - Columbia University