wheaton college history ieofessor tracy mckenz teaches a class on the civil war between unionism and emancipation. he describes how public support correlated with whether union forces were perceived to be winning the civil war. he also argues that lincoln's reelection and even his presidential nomination was seen as unlikely because of the state of the war in 1863. his classes about an hour. it is always good to go back and touch base with a we think are areas of concern for this part of the course. can i ask you guys to help us review the major themes we have in mind right now? please?mentioned, going back to over and over again, time to think carefully about what our visitation of the american civil war tells us, about popular american reality it's into regards. equality,ds to racial always reminding ourselves that the relationship between those a simplet in any sense relationship. so yes, one of the themes. it will be very essential. christian? christian: transformation of northern names. wary: we see how the civil begins as a war in which the only focus is preservation of the uni