HIUS 3071

Professor Holt is an amaazing lecturer. He is engaging and he brings to life the political turmoil of the United States pre-Civil War. This is actually a class that is politics heavy and thus is good for both Politics and History majors.

This class is so great, everyone should take it. Holt is incredibly interesting and animated, and completely un-PC.

Not my favorite. Mr. Holt took some fascinating material and presented it in a way that I found tedious and uninspired. It is clear that he is passionate about this material but he failed to capture my attention in the same way.

Holt is a very knowledgable guy, who is really passionate about this subject. His class is interesting to those who find political history. I have really enjoyed his unique perspective on the cause of the Civil War

would not take this again. forces you to buy his own books then you must write a paper about his book. a bit narcissistic to say the least.

This class was enjoyable, but fairly frustrating when you arrive at the end and realize all you ever had to do was read Professor Holt's book to basically find all the information that he ever presented in lecture. Nonetheless, he's a fairly animated lecturer at moments, and the content is interesting and interpreted in a novel manner. I would recommend taking the class, but reading Professor Holt's book at the beginning rather than the end. And all the other readings can be skimmed, except for Uncle Tom's Cabin, about which you'll have to write a paper.

Just read his book, come to class, and take good notes.

Good class that covers the political aspects of the reasons the Civil War broke out. Holt is an engaging lecturer though there are a lot of notes to be written down.

people say there is a book we were supposed to read at the end of his class that we should read at the beginning of his class? what book is that?

Not too bad of a class, as long as you keep up with the readings you will be fine