This recorded lecture comes from a course on the Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877. It discusses the first Reconstruction Act and the great shift it made in the direction of the era. Pair with reading: Eric Foner, A Short History of Reconstruction, 1863-1877, chapters 5-10, pp. 82-216 William Gienapp, Civil War and Reconstruction: A Documentary Collection, part 3, pp. 317-376>
History
LESSON MODULE
Undergraduate