CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION:
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Guidelines:
How did Harriet Tubman affect the Underground Railroad?
How did the issue of slavery contribute to starting the Civil War?
How did the slave laws affect the states?
How did abolitionism & other social reform movements give women & African Americans a political voice?
How did the political agendas of the North & South differ?
How did the North & South attempt to compromise & what were the effects?
How did Lincoln?s agenda at the start of the war account for his post war policy of leniency toward the South?
How did Reconstruction alter the relationship between the president & Congress in favor of legislative supremacy
How did Reconstruction affect African Americans?
Why did many Northern politicians lose interest in securing African American rights after 1868?
How were civil rights gained during Reconstruction & dismantled after 1870?
Develop a topic for research based on the any topic contained related to the American military experience and your career choice. Your topic must be approved by the instructor.