Possible Writing Topics Unit 5 Test
Pick one and write a thesis and two body paragraphs!
1. Analyze the social, economic, and political problems facing the nation during Reconstruction.
2. Compare and contrast the major political, military, and economic issues for the Union and the Confederacy during the Civil War.
3. Evaluate how the extension of slavery into western territories greatly increased sectionalism. Be sure to address differences and similarities from the time period 1845-1854 and the time period 1855-1861.
4. Explain the extent to which the Civil War contributed to the continuities and changes in society and politics in the United States between 1861-1877.