Part 1: (20 points) Write an essay (typed, double-spaced, 3-5 pages) on the U.S. Civil War, focusing on the issue of slavery. Your essay must include a paragraph-length discussion of 10 of the following topics below. In other words, your essay must explain how each of your 10 topics fits into the story of the U.S. Civil War. Your essay is about the slavery issue and the U. S. Civil War. Some of the information is from the decades leading up to the actual war. How did those topics contribute to the atmosphere that led to the war? Some of the topics focus on events and people during the actual war. Write one continuous essay that includes a brief discussion of 10 of the following topics. Remember, each topic should be discussed in at least one separate paragraph. You can discuss other things in your essay but be sure to include a discussion of 10 topics from the list. How do the topics fit into a discussion of slavery and the U.S. Civil War? You should have at least 10 body paragraphs. You also need an introduction and conclusion.
Slave Revolts Border States
Free-Soil Party Free Blacks
The Compromise of 1850 “Slave Contrabands”
Fugitive Slave Act Port Royal Experiment
Bleeding Kansas Emancipation Proclamation
Dred Scott Case Black Soldiers and Sailors
John Brown’s Raid Susie King Taylor
Election of Abraham Lincoln Jefferson Davis
Secession “States Rights”
Robert Smalls (C.S.S. Planter) Thirteenth Amendment
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