Question Description
I’m working on a history writing question and need support to help me learn.
PART 1: Choose a colonists side (American patriot or loyalist) and explain your attitude towards Great Britain prior to and during the Revolutionary War. Use examples from the text to support your position.
In responding to two of your classmates posts, respond to a different side than what you selected and discuss the differences between your colonists viewpoints.
You are not expected to use outside sources beyond your text, however if you do, be sure to properly cite them.
Part 2: SHORT-ANSWER QUESTION
Think of a third possible theme that you might apply to the topic of the American Civil War.
SHORT-ANSWER QUESTION
How do Eli Landerss letters reflect nationalistic identity or culture?
SHORT-ANSWER QUESTION
According to Drew Faust, what cultural trend affected the outcome of the war for the South?
SHORT-ANSWER QUESTION
What does Colonel Spiegels address suggest about the culture of the war in the North?
Timeline of selected events of the American Civil War.
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SHORT-ANSWER QUESTION
What effect did the American Civil War have on the populations of the North and the South, according to the timeline?
PART 3: Answer the following questions about the trends related to the American Civil War.
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTION
Which of the following is an example of a trend related to your topic?
Choices
the demise of the strategy of total warfare in the late years of the Civil War
the Union victory at Vicksburg, which proved to be a decisive turning point
the persistence of high casualties throughout the American Civil War
the increase in wartime patriotism among the Souths women
What influenced the Souths wartime social roles?
Choices
a withering pattern of agrarianism
a sparse history of sectionalism
a long trend of egalitarianism
a strong pattern of paternalism
What trend facilitated the Norths victory in the American Civil War, according to Lisa Brady?
Choices
a culture of sacrifice
well-disciplined soldiers
scorched-earth tactics
superior artillery
What trend was evident among the fighters of the Confederacy, according to Alan Farmers essay?
Choices
a defeatist attitude
strong martial will
poor hygiene
Union identity
Which of the following is a characteristic of a historically significant event?
Choices
A great amount of time has passed since.
A significant amount of wealth was transferred.
A large number of people were affected.
Many history books have been written about it.
Which of the following was a significant cause of the defeat of the Confederacy, according to Drew Faust?
Choices
a downward trend in military morale
a downward trend in homefront morale
an increasing trend in slave revolts
an increasing trend in civilian deaths
How do the letters of Eli Landers reflect trends in nationalistic identity?
Choices
They reveal considerable doubt about his northern identity.
They express firm belief in the cause of abolition.
They reveal considerable doubt about his southern identity.
They express firm belief in the southern cause.
Which of the following trends remained consistent throughout the war?
Choices
Both sides suffered heavy casualties.
Southern women betrayed the cause out of desperation.
The Union was driven by the cause of abolition.
Southern men pillaged Yankee villages.
How does Colonel Spiegels address challenge accepted ideas about the North?
Choices
It reveals a trend of disillusionment among housewives.
It betrays a lack of morale among military leaders.
It highlights a trend of material shortages in factories.
It suggests a pattern of discontent among soldiers.
According to Lisa Brady, what was the trend among Americans with regard to their relationship to the land in the nineteenth century?
Choices
They sought to commune with it.
They sought to destroy it.
They sought to sell it.
They sought to own it.