Assignment task: Answer each question with factual evidence and respond in a long detailed response:
Q1. How did slavery shape America during the period 1820-1865?
Q2. What role did the South's "peculiar institution" play in the growth of the country, the crises of the 1850s, the South's secession, and the North's eventual victory in the Civil War?
Q3. How did enslaved African-Americans (as individuals and as a community) forge meaningful lives and a unique culture before, during, and after the Civil War?
Q4. What was the treatment of women during the late 1700s and early 1800s?
Q5. What was the treatment of African American slaves during this time?
Q6. How was the treatment of women and African American slaves similar?
Q7. How did women help the slaves?