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The Civil War and Reconstruction
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- Instructor
- Prof. Merritt Roe Smith
- Term
- Fall 2005
- Level
- Undergraduate
- What's inside
- 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 9 other files · 4 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 21H.116J The Civil War and Reconstruction, Fall 2005, Prof. Merritt Roe Smith — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Syllabus
- Fall 2010, Merritt Roe Smith Download
- Fall 2007, Merritt Roe Smith Download
- Fall 2005, Merritt Roe Smith Download
Lecture Notes
Course outline
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Lecture 2: Film: Ken Burns. The Civil War. Episode 1, “The Cause”
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Lecture 3: Lecture: Why the War Came; How Well Were the Sides Prepared?
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Lecture 4: Reading Period
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Lecture 5: Class Discussion of Donald’s Book (Discussion will be Framed Around Student Reflection Papers)
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Lecture 6: Film: The Civil War. Episode 2, “1862 - A Very Bloody Affair”
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Lecture 7: Lecture: Dr. Brendan Foley. “The Civil War at Sea”
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Lecture 8: Film: The Civil War. Episode 3, “Forever Free, 1862”
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Lecture 9: Discussion (Framed Around Reflection Papers)
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Lecture 10: Film: The Civil War. Episode 4, “Simply Murder, 1863”
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Lecture 11: Lecture: “The Impact of New Weapons Technologies”
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Lecture 12: Film: The Civil War. Episode 5, “The Universe of Battle, 1863”
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Lecture 13: Discussion (Framed Around Reflection Papers)
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Lecture 14: Lecture: “Roads, Rails, and Waterways: Their Significance in the Civil War”
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Lecture 15: Reading Period (Sam Watkins. Company Aytch )
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Lecture 16: Discussion of Watkins and Life in the Ranks (Framed Around Reflection Papers)
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Lecture 17: Film: The Civil War. Episode 6, “The Valley of the Shadow of Death, 1864”
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Lecture 18: Film: The Civil War. Episode 7, “Most Hallowed Ground, 1864”
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Lecture 19: Lecture: “Was the Civil War America’s ‘Defining Moment’?”
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Lecture 20: Film: The Civil War. Episode 8, “War is All Hell, 1865”
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Lecture 21: Discussion: “Who Got it Right?”
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Lecture 22: Film: The Civil War. Episode 9, “The Better Angels of Our Nature, 1865” Wrap-up
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