APTPUO - Winter 2027 - HIS4151-D00

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Posting Reason: New Position Location: Desmarais Hall Academic Period: 2027 Winter Semester Faculty: Faculté des arts / Faculty of Arts Academic Unit: Département d’histoire \\ Department of History Course Title: Seminar in American History Course Code: HIS4151 Section: D00 Course Description: Seminar in American History: Reconstruction (1863-1877) and Its Legacies The victory of the Union forces brought an end to the American Civil War (1861-65). The federal government now confronted the challenge of reintegrating the Confederate states back into the nation and ensuring the full citizenship of newly freed slaves in these territories. This period, known as Reconstruction, was thus a pivotal turning point in American history. It saw three new amendments to the US constitution and radical experiments in democracy and civil rights. Yet by 1877, White northerners seemed to have given up on protecting the rights of Black people within the southern states, and federal troops were withdrawn from the South in 1877 as a compromise to settle the disputed presidential election of 1876, marking the end of Reconstruction. While Reconsutrction brought lasting changes, many historians consider it...