Class Schedule
Week 6 (February 24-March 2)
Tuesday, February 26:
Bibliography for Final Paper due
Topics of Discussion:
John Brown's Raid (Student-led
Discussion)
The Election of 1860
(Student-led Discussion)
Readings:
John
Brown's Final Address to the Court (November 2, 1859)
Editorials
on John Brown's Raid (1859)
Republican
National Platform of 1860
Democratic
Platform of 1860 (Douglas Faction)
Democratic
Platform of 1860 (Breckinridge Faction)
Constitutional
Union Party Platform of 1860
Abraham
Lincoln's First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1861)
Ordeal by Fire,
pp. 125-138
Thursday, February 28
Topic of Discussion:
The Incomplete, Conservative
Revolution: The Secession Movement
Readings:
Robert
Toombs' Speech to the Georgia Legislature (November 13, 1860)
Alexander
Stephens' Speech to the Georgia Legislature (November 14, 1860)
Alexander
Stephens,"Cornerstone Speech" (March 21, 1861)
Jefferson
Davis' Inaugural Speech (February 18, 1861)
Ordeal by Fire,
pp. 139-177
Food
for Thought for Week 6
Copyrighted
by Hugh Dubrulle, 2002
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