Lectures

• The Antebellum and Cause of the War
• The Emancipation Proclamation

Although the main source of information should come from the class lectures, feel free to use these additional texts to help respond to the Identifications.

You may also use examples from this textbook to help you respond to the lecture essays, but do be sure the structure and most of the content comes from the lectures and the notes.

Chapter Four

Assigned Reading and Writing

Taking Sides Writing Assignment

(Choose One)

• Was the Confederacy Defeated Because of its Loss of Will?
• Did Abe Lincoln Free the Slaves?
• Was Reconstruction a "Splendid Failure"?

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