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Course Descriptions
LAS240
The American Civil War: Law, Politics and Technology
This course will examine legal, political, and technological implications of the American Civil War era, including factors leading to the war and the Reconstruction period. Students will examine issues raised by secession, states rights, the suspension of habeas corpus, slavery and emancipation, the Dred Scott decision and later civil rights cases, and military rule of the occupied South during and after the war. Students will analyze the contributions of various minority group members and the interactions of these groups with the larger society. The course will also examine the impact of technology on the war and its aftermath, including advances in weaponry, battle tactics, medicine, photography, journalism, transportation, surveillance, and means of communication. The relevancy of the Civil War to modern society will be addressed. 3 Credits (3 Lecture - 0 Lab)
(Cultural Diversity, Science, Technology and Society) As needed.