History of the American People to 18778 Dec 2020

The Secession Crisis

In this lecture, Dr. Totten argues elite white southerners reacted to the election of Abraham Lincoln by pushing for secession. This was a rash decision, considering Lincoln never threatened slavery where it already existed. In addition, elite white southerners still held considerable congressional power and controlled the Supreme Court. Despite this, elite white southerners embraced secession despite widespread dissatisfaction with it. Seven deep southern states seceded after conventions were held, but these conventions never submitted secession for a popular vote, due to widespread resistance. The border states would never secede and the upper South only seceded after the firing on Fort Sumter and Lincoln's call for volunteers to put down the rebellion. Thus, the Confederacy was on shaky foundation, as many southerners rejected its very legitimacy. This dissatisfaction with secession would be largely forgotten, as a Lost Cause emerged after the Civil War and Reconstruction, which portrayed a united South.

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The Communication, Market, and Transportation Revolution

In this lecture, Dr. Totten discusses the massive economic and technological changes that fundamentally altered the young republic in the 19th century.

5 Nov 202129min

The Lost Cause

In this lecture, Dr. Totten argues the greatest trick ever played on white southerners was convincing them that disunion and the protection of slavery was a good cause and that the the Confederacy ben...

8 Dec 202039min

A Fool's Errand: Reconstruction

In this lecture, Dr. Totten argues Reconstruction attempted to bring due process, equal protection of the law, and voting rights to African Americans, but was thwarted by white southerners who attempt...

8 Dec 202045min

The Civil War: The Hard Hand of War

In this lecture, Dr. Totten argues both northerners and southerners created false memories of the war that highlighted unity and downplayed the division that griped both home fronts.

8 Dec 202040min

The Civil War A Very Bloody Affair

In this lecture, Dr. Totten argues the Civil War was a a devastating conflict that killed 750,000 Americans.

8 Dec 202054min

The Political Crisis of the 1850s

In this lecture, Dr. Totten argues the debate over the expansion of slavery into the recently conquered territories of the Mexican Cession led to the outbreak of the Secession Crisis and ultimately th...

8 Dec 202038min

The Old South

In this lecture, Dr. Totten argues the South was a slave society, where every aspect of its economy, politics, and social hierarchy was wrapped around the sinful institution.

8 Dec 202036min