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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