Jul 01, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
[Archived Catalog]
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HIST 3018 - History of the American South to 1900
Study of the diverse peoples and dynamic socioeconomic, cultural, and political processes that shaped the American South and affected its relationship to the broader world from the colonial period to the emergence of a “New South.” Examines the origins and effects of racism and slavery; the regional and national institutions created to sustain and extend slavery; its destruction in the midst of the Civil War; and the complex realities and legacy of emancipation for the region and the nation.
Requisites: Soph or Jr or Sr
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Enhance critical reading, writing, thinking, and verb.
- Student’s work demonstrates critical use and proper citation of both primary and secondary sources.
- Understand historical actors, their ideas and their beliefs within the context of place and time.
- Understand the South’s place within the United States and the modern world.
- Understand the dynamics and individuals that shaped the history of the southern United States.
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