US Civil War: Research and Essays

Students began researching and writing papers about the US Civil War. Students selected one of the following prompts.  Wikipedia is not an acceptable reference.

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• Assess the relative strengths of the North and the South at the beginning of the United States Civil War in 1861.
• Identify and explain major events that contributed to sectionalism (division between the North and South) in the United States prior to the Civil War.
• Explain the effects and contributions of three groups of people in the North and South during the Civil War?
• Why, in spite of the advantages of the North over the South, did the Civil War in the United States last so long?

HOMEWORK: 
Civil War Essay - DUE - Mon/Tues, 10/5-6