End of Civil War Assignment | Online Assignment

Section One: Choose ONE of the following questions and respond with a multi-paragraph essay:

1. At the end of the Civil War, it remained to be seen exactly how emancipation would transform the South. How did emancipation change political and labor organization in the region? In your answer, discuss how ex-slaves exercised their new freedoms and how white southerners attempted to limit them.

2. Reconstruction succeeded in advancing black civil rights but failed to secure them over the long term. Why and how did the federal government retreat from defending African Americans’ civil rights in the 1870s? In your answer, cite specific actions by Congress and the Supreme Court.

3. The Emancipation Proclamation did not accomplish the destruction of slavery on its own. How did a war over union bring about the end of slavery? In your answer, consider the direct actions of slaves and Union policy makers, as well as indirect factors within the Confederacy.

A rubric is included
Use the textbook for in text citations: The American Promise: A Concise History, Volume 1: To 1877, Sixth Edition by James L. Roark. I have emailed a file of this textbook to the support email.

INSTRUCTIONS: Please respond ONE of following questions in each section with a long-form, multi-paragraph essay (two essays total); each essay should have a thesis and be composed with an introduction, two to four body paragraphs, and a conclusion. In order to do well on the module, you must utilize specific examples drawn from both material discussed in class and texts assigned for class. When you use course reading in your responses (quotes or paraphrasing), please be sure to cite your sources using a parenthetical reference like the one at the end of this sentence, which notes the page number in your textbook (12) or the name of the document (Nat Turner Documents). When you use lecture videos in your responses, note the date (Lecture, week three). DO NOT use material outside of the assigned reading or class discussion (this exam will be submitted through Turnitin). Each essay should have a clear, argumentative thesis statement that directly addresses the central aim of the prompt (the question in bold print). Given that you had access to the questions to work on over the next week, you will be expected to produce detailed responses that demonstrated both breadth of knowledge about the subject and evidence of critical thinking/reading. The essays will be graded on a point scale with the essay rubric attached to this sheet. When you are ready to begin, please scroll down to page two for the first essay question. Good Luck!

Section One: Choose ONE of the following questions and respond with a multi-paragraph essay:

1. At the end of the Civil War, it remained to be seen exactly how emancipation would transform the South. How did emancipation change political and labor organization in the region? In your answer, discuss how ex-slaves exercised their new freedoms and how white southerners attempted to limit them.
2. Reconstruction succeeded in advancing black civil rights but failed to secure them over the long term. Why and how did the federal government retreat from defending African Americans’ civil rights in the 1870s? In your answer, cite specific actions by Congress and the Supreme Court.
3. The Emancipation Proclamation did not accomplish the destruction of slavery on its own. How did a war over union bring about the end of slavery? In your answer, consider the direct actions of slaves and Union policy makers, as well as indirect factors within the Confederacy.