Want to say, reminder, on thursday, we will continue talking about the civil war in the west. We will do it all week long. Thursday, we will talk about the book civil war in the southwest borderlands. I am trusting that, like me, you all have studiously read the book the entire semester and taken deep notes and are ready to talk about it on thursday. Today we will talk about two borders. Is it week 12 . Lets say it is week 12. Our week 12 learning objectives, to explore the experiences of the border states and what many called the borderlands. And to understand how the war affected native americans and confederate and union interests in the west. We will hit all three of these today. We will be dealing with all three learning objectives throughout the entire week. So let us begin. First, there is more than one border. This is my reason for doing Historical Research and teaching civil war era southern history especially, to remind people there are border states and there is the borderla
Announcer 1 watch american artifacts sunday 6 00 p. M. Eastern on American History tv on cspan3. On lectures in history, Utah State University professor Maria Angela Diaz discusses the civil war in the west and looks at the conflict in states and territories like missouri, kansas, texas, and arizona. She explores how the diverse populations of the region reacted to the war and decided between siding with the union and confederacy. She focuses on the larger role guerrilla warfare played in the west. Today we areo talking about the civil war in the west. Before we get started, i just ont to say, reminder, thursday, we will continue talking about the civil war in the west. We will do it all week long. Thursday, we will talk about the book civil war in the southwest borderlands. I am trusting that, like me, you all have studiously read the book the entire semester and taken deep notes and are ready to talk about it on thursday. Today we will talk about two borders. Is it week 12 . Lets say
Before we get started, i just want to say, reminder, on thursday, we will continue talking about the civil war in the west. We will do it all week long. Thursday, we will talk about the book civil war in the southwest borderlands. I am trusting that, like me, you all have studiously read the book the entire semester and taken deep notes and are ready to talk about it on thursday. Today we will talk about two borders. Is it week 12 . Lets say it is week 12. Our week 12 learning objectives, to explore the experiences of the border states and what many called the borderlands. And to understand how the war affected native americans and confederate and union interests in the west. We will hit all three of these today. We will be dealing with all three learning objectives throughout the entire week. So let us begin. First, there is more than one border. This is my reason for doing Historical Research and teaching civil war era southern history especially, to remind people there are border st
Constitution. You can hear more from robert byrd who served in the u. S. Senate for more than 50 years, this sunday at 5 00 eastern youre on American History tv on cspan3. At the annual Southern Historical association meeting, a group of professors discussed challenges and strategy for teaching the reconstruction era. They talk about sources and trying to find a balance between National History and local history in survey courses. [laughter] aaron good morning. My name is aaron dean, and i would like to welcome everybody to our panel this morning on teaching reconstruction. We are happy to have cspan here, which is not normally part of these panels. We will get going right on time. I will also explain first we will use this morning and then get out of the way. I will offer just a couple of to kind ofy remarks set things up, and then introduce our panelists, and then they will each talk for a short bit, we are hoping within the fiveminute range and i did not bring a cudgel, but every on
Oversight and president ial misconduct. This is part of an ongoing series by the National History center that brings historical issues thatto congress is currently addressing. Centerd stress that the is a strictly nonpartisan entity and is the purpose of this program and the others we do in the series are not to advocate for any particular policies, but to provide Historical Context that can help inform policymakers and the public as they deal with difficult issues. Toore handing this over james banner, i want to thank the support of the mellon foundation, which makes the series possible. I also want to thank rachel at the back of the room, the assistant director who has organized this. And i want to thank the office of congressman Jerry Connolly who booked the room today. Will beo note that we collecting questions on note cards. If you have not received one and need it, let me know. The second half of the hour q a, we have q1 day, write down your question. James banner good morning. I