Documentary Assignment
Question 1: Free State of Jones- How did the Confederate Armies treat the people of the south when it came to help supporting the Civil War cause? Did southerners willing help the armies with food, goods, etc. or did the governments simply take what they needed from their own citizens? What do you think is more historically accurate and why?
Question 2: Free State of Jones (Explain some of the consequences for recently freed slaves in the south who tried to assert their rights to participate in politics or to vote in elections once the Civil War ended .)
Question 3: Many Rivers to Cross: The Age of Slavery (According to the film, slavery was put aside at the Constitutional Convention because the founders believed slavery would eventually die out as Americans moved westward. How did the southern cotton crop and the Industrial Revolution change the idea of abolition of slavery or freedom of slaves in the United States?)
Question 4: We Shall Remain - Tecumseh (According to the film, why did Tecumseh and his younger brother Tenskwatawa feel the need to stop westward expansion of Americans?)
Question 5: America, The Story of US Cross - Westward (According to the film, what role did mountain men play in westward expansion of Americans?)
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.