PROMPT: Explain and analyze how the issue of slavery played a major role in the coming of the American Civil War and the role that African Americans played in the Civil War. Address examples of how the national government sought to deal with the issue of slavery in the antebellum (pre-Civil War) period and during the Civil War. The focus of your paper should be 1840-1865.
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In addition to addressing the prompt, you should address at least three of the following:
-What role did slavery play in creating a sectional divide in the United States?
-What do the Secession Ordinances (Declaration of Causes from S.C., Mississippi, Georgia, etc.) suggest about the reasons why southern states seceded from the Union?
-Provide examples of resistance among certain Southerners to the Confederacy during the Civil War and analyze the reasons for that resistance (Here, you could bring in examples from The Free State of Jones)
-What role did the debate over slavery play in influencing westward expansion?
-Discuss the role played by slaves in the Civil War-Analyze the significance of the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision
-Address the significance of the 1860 election-Analyze the changing national laws relating to slavery during the Civil War
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ONE SCHOLARLY ARTICLE,
ONE RELEVANT PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENT (www.docsteach.com), THE FREE STATE OF JONES FILM
THE HEATHER WILLIAMS OR KELLEY/LEWIS HISTORY BOOKS (slavery books)