You can ONLY use class materials - lecture notes, writing responses, and assigned books. You can use single or double spacing. Please use 12 point font. If you use doublespacing your exam should not exceed 3 pages. Ultimately, do not worry about the exact length of each answer. Just answer them to the best of your ability.
1. What were the two most important factors that led to the growth of the cotton kingdom and the spread of slavery in the Deep South during the early nineteenth century? Be sure you explain WHY you think these were the two most important factors.
2. What do you think was the main source of the sectional conflict between North and South during the nineteenth-century? What two events caused the most friction and animosity between North and South during this time and why?
3. Why exactly did southern states secede from the Union beginning in December of 1860? What do you think were the two most important reasons why they broke away from the United States to form the Confederate States of America?
4. During our discussion of the Civil War, we traced the evolution of the war's meaning in mind of President Abraham Lincoln. In your essay, explain how and why Lincoln's understanding of the war evolved from 1861 when the war began to 1865 when it ended.
5. In our final class, we discussed how the Civil War forever transformed America. In your essay, pick two examples of how the Civil War changed America and American history. Be sure to explain your choices and not simply state them. You may draw your examples from class or you may pick your own examples