write about what you think about these questions, don’t use quotes, use your own words, no outside sources allowed,

*Please use simple language, write about what you think about these questions, don’t use quotes, use your own words, no outside sources allowed, please only use what I upload as sources.

Each completed draft element of the essay earns 10 points. A completed draft of each essay containing all five elements earns 50 points. The theme and elements of the essay are as follows:

How free were Americans before and after the War Against Slavery (1861-1865) and the Era of Reconstruction (1868-1877)? A short original essay on the above topic. The essay is required to have 5 distinct elements, which are described below. Each element is worth 20 points. Each essay should be about 1,000 words or 3½ double-spaced pages in 12 pt font with 1-inch margins on all sides of letter stock (8 ½ x 11) and must be submitted as a Word (doc or docx) attachment.

The US Civil War has been described as “the Second American Revolution,” which finally abolished slavery and secured “the blessings of liberty” for all Americans. In your view, how accurate is this assessment? Did the Civil War and Reconstruction secure freedom for all Americans? Why or why not?

Write a short essay setting out your views on this question. Your essay needs to include the following elements, with answers to the following questions:

a) an opening paragraph that “hooks” the reader’s attention and draws them into the essay;

b) a definition of freedom: of what does it consist?

c) a list of the ways in which you think Americans were not free before or after the Civil War, including which Americans were or were not free, in which ways, using at least two contemporary events, trends or witnesses to support your views;

List:
1. Plantation Owners
2. Small Property Holders
3. Property-less Whites
4. Women
5. Free Blacks
6. Slaves
7. Indigenous Peoples

d) a list of the ways in which you think American society and Americans were free before or after the Civil War, including, again, which Americans were or were not free, and using at least two contemporary events, trends or witnesses that support your views; and,

e) a closing paragraph (or more, as necessary), consider(s) the merit of these two contrasting viewpoints and spells out their moral, or the most important lesson.