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| Wealth of Nations · Discussion Question 9 · Assignment 3 The Economics of Cotton and Slavery in the Antebellum South · Section 12.1, “The Economics of Cotton”, U.S History, OpenStax · Section 12.2, “African-Americans in the Antebellum United States”, U.S. History, OpenStax · Discussion Question 10 · Quiz |
| 6 | Slavery and the Civil War · Section 14.3, “The Dred Scott Decision and Sectional Strife”, U.S. History, OpenStax · Section 15.1, “The Origins and Outbreak of the Civil War”, U.S. History, OpenStax · Discussion Question 11 The Emancipation Proclamation · Section 15.3, subsection “Emancipation”, U.S. History, OpenStax · Document: Emancipation Proclamation · Discussion Question 12 · Quiz · Assignment 4 |
| 7 | The Gettysburg Address · Section 15.3, subsection “Union Advances”, U.S. History, OpenStax · Document: Gettysburg Address · Discussion Question 13 · Reconstruction and the Collapse of Reconstruction · Document: 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution · Section 16.4, “The Collapse of Reconstruction”, U.S. History, OpenStax · Discussion Question 14 · Quiz |
| 8 | The Civil Rights Struggle · Section 28.5, “The African American Struggle for Civil Rights”, U.S. History, OpenStax · Section 29.3, “The Civil Rights Movement Marches On”, U.S. History, OpenStax · Document: Letter from a Birmingham Jail · Discussion Question 15 · Quiz · Assignment 5 Class Summary and Final Exam · Comprehensive Final Exam |