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Instructions<\/u><\/i><\/strong>:<\/i><\/strong> Using George McGovern’s Abraham Lincoln, write an essay (10-page minimum<\/strong>) that answers all<\/strong> of the following questions:<\/i><\/p>\n\n- <\/i><\/strong>Lincoln\u2019s personal history.<\/i><\/strong> What professional and political experience did Abraham Lincoln accumulate before becoming President? (Ch.1\u2014Humble Beginnings, pp.15-29<\/i>; Ch.2\u2014Making of a Statesman, pp.30-35<\/i>)<\/li>\n
- <\/i><\/strong>The main conflict between North and South that led to war.<\/i><\/strong> What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)? The Dred Scott decision (1857)? Why did each one bring Lincoln out of private life and “rekindle” his political career? (Ch. 2\u2014Making of a Statesman<\/i>, pp.35-41)<\/li>\n
- <\/i><\/strong>Why saving the Union was important.<\/i><\/strong> What arguments did Lincoln make against southern secession? In what ways did he repress civil liberties during the war and otherwise “stretch the limits of presidential authority”? (Ch.3\u2014Lincoln and the Union<\/i>, pp.48-63)<\/li>\n
- <\/i><\/strong>Freeing the slaves.<\/i><\/strong> McGovern states that the Emancipation Proclamation “transformed the meaning of the war and redefined\u2026the notion of freedom in America.” What was Lincoln’s early attitudes toward slavery and racial equality? On what grounds did he justify emancipation? (Ch.4\u2014Lincoln and Emancipation<\/i>, pp.64-72)<\/li>\n
- <\/i><\/strong>How the North won the war.<\/i><\/strong> McGovern states that Lincoln began the Civil War advocating “limited war” but later replaced it with “total war.” What does he mean by these? How did Generals Ulysses S Grant and William Sherman implement the policy of total warfare? (Ch.5\u2014Lincoln and Total War<\/i>, pp.80-87, 92-96)<\/li>\n
- <\/i><\/strong>Republican reform.<\/i><\/strong> What major domestic reforms were passed during Lincoln’s 1st<\/sup> and 2nd<\/sup> terms? (Ch. 7\u2014Rising Above the Fray,<\/i> pp.119-122)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Further Instructions<\/u><\/i><\/strong>:<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- <\/strong>Your essay must be typed and double-spaced.<\/strong><\/li>\n
- <\/strong>Use Question-Answer format\u2014write out the question, then write a short essay answering it. Do that for each question. <\/strong><\/li>\n
- <\/strong>Use quotes and page citations (essays that don\u2019t will be graded down).<\/strong><\/li>\n
- <\/strong>Your essay must be a minimum<\/i> of ten pages<\/i> (one page = roughly 24 lines of essay).<\/strong><\/li>\n
- <\/strong>All answers must come from the McGovern biography. Don\u2019t use outside sources. <\/strong><\/li>\n
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