INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE

 

PART I. THE UNION AS CREATED BY THE FOUNDING FATHERS

    A. Breaking Away from Great Britain, A Declaration of Independence

    B. The Articles of Confederation

    C. The Constitution

 

PART II REGIONAL DIFFERENCES

    A. Cultural Differences

    B. The Population Shift

    C. Southern Class Structure

    D. Economic Issues

    E. State's Rights

    F. John Caldwell Calhoun

    G. Independence

 

Part III SERVITUDE, SLAVERY, ABOLITIONISM

    A. Indentured Servitude

    B. The Slavery Issue

    C. Abolitionism

    D. Books That Inflamed Tensions

    E. John Brown

 

PART IV HISTORY OF SECESSION AND COMPROMISES 

    A. Early American Secession Attempts

    B. Compromise Attempts

    C. The Crittenden Compromise

    D. Final Attempts At Compromise

 

PART V. THE ELECTION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN

    A. The Republican Nominee

    B. The Democratic Nominees

    C. The Constitutional Union Party Nominee

    D. The Election Outcome

    E. The Morrill Tariff Is Passed

 

PART VI. THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA IS FORMED

    A. The January 9, 1861 Star of the West Incident

    B. The Confederate Constitution

    C. President Jefferson Davis and his Cabinet

    D. Plot to Assassinate President Davis and Cabinet

 

PART VII. THE FORT SUMTER INCIDENT

    A. Lincoln Is Inaugurated

    B. Lincoln Attempts To Re-supply Fort Sumter

    C. Lincoln Declares War On The South

    D. Cadets Resign, Accusations of Treason

    E. Six More States Leave The Union

    F.  Southern Perspectives of The War 

 

PART VIII. FLAGS AND SYMBOLS OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA 

    A. Flags of the Confederate States of America Government

    B. Origin of The Confederate Battle Flag

    C. Parts of the Battle Flag

    D. Battle Flag Variations of the Southern Cross type

    E. Additional Confederate Military Flags

    F. Heritage Preservation Arguments Regarding Confederate Flags

 

PART IX. CONFEDERATE ALLIES AND NORTHERN POLITICAL INTERVENTIONS

    A. Seven Indian Nations Ally With The Confederacy

    B. The Trent Incident

    C. Lincoln Attempts To Compensate Northern Slave Owners

    D. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation

    E. The South's Support By Black Confederates

    F. The South's Support By Hispanics

 

PART X. PRISONERS OF WAR

    A. Prison Camps

    B. Grant Stops Prisoner Exchange Program

    C. The United States' Use of Human Shields

 

PART XI. NORTHERN TYRANNY 

A. Lincoln's Tyranny: Abuse of the US Constitution

    B. Terror in Missouri, The Jayhawkers, Red Legs, Lane, and Jennison.

    C. The Forced Enlistment and Mistreatment of Southern Blacks Into the U.S. Army

    D. General Benjamin Butler "The Beast" in Louisiana

    E. The Order To Execute Partisan Rangers

    F. Ewing’s General Orders No. 10 & 11

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