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ed. Write two separate 2000 to 3000-wordessays based on two of the prompts below.1. President Lincoln was assassinated before his plans for reconstruction were realized. Considering hisgoals for reconstruction, do you think he would have considered the Reconstruction Period a successor a failure? Speculate on how Lincoln might have planned and carried out the reconstructiondierentlyfrom how it actually happened.2. Imagine that the Southern states had succeeded in2. Imagine that the Southern states had succeeded in seceding from the Union. How would theConfederacy have fared as an independent nation? How would success have aectedtheirrelationship with the North as westward expansion continued? How would the Confederacy haveestablished international relationships? Consider the resources they had as a country, their economy,and the policies of JeersonDavis and his government.3. The eectsof the Civil War didn't cease with the end of the Reconstruction Period. Connect andconsider how the changes during the Reconstruction era aectedthe eortsfor equality in the U.S.through the Civil Rights era to the present.4. While the Civil War had an indelible mark on U.S. history, the resolution of the war had consequencesfor many other foreign nations that were dealing with the issues of slavery and expansion. Assess howthe end of the Civil War aectedthe global slave trade and the prominent powers in Europe.5. It is believed that Abraham Lincoln referred to Harriet Beecher Stowe as 'the little woman who wrotethe book that started this great war.' Consider Lincoln's assessment of Harriet Beecher Stowe andanalyze the eectof Uncle Tom's Cabin on the events that led to the war. Defend or criticize Lincoln'sstatement and support your position.6. Compare the backgrounds, political experiences, and leadership styles of President Abraham Lincolnand Confederate President JeersonDavis. Evaluate their styles for strengths and weaknesses, andexplain how those styles contributed to each man's successes and failures during their respectivepr
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