Working Question

Working Question

History Essay – Major

Topic :

The American Civil War

Possible Questions Regarding the war:

To what extent was the United States of America’s desire to remain a undivided nation with a sovereign national government responsible for the American Civil War?

How did the mistreatment of slaves in the United States of America lead to the American Civil War?

To what extent was the friction over slavery between the Southern and Northern responsible for the outbreak of the American Civil War?

‘Dissimilar moral values of the Northern and Southern citizens of the United States led to the outbreak of the Civil War.’ Evaluate this statement.

To what extent was modernisation responsible for the outbreak of the American Civil War?

Possible Questions regarding reconciliation: (decided as working question)

To what extent was the reconciliation in the former Confederate States successful in achieving its objectives in the first decade after the American Civil War?

Points to discuss:

Between 1865 – 1875

What were the objectives of the reconstruction – to make sure the south doesn’t rise again? Bring the south back into the union? Do different groups have different objectives? What were the groups and what were their objectives? How successful were they with these objectives?