Please note: Answers that do not explain examples from the assigned primary sources when required will not receive credit. Please refer to the “What is a Primary Source?” explanation I’ve provided in class (and on the class website).
The Secession Crisis and the Outbreak of the Civil War
- In the space below (or typed on a separate sheet), briefly explain examples from two the assigned primary sources that demonstrate why the lower South seceded from the United States by early 1861.
- In the space below (or typed on a separate sheet), briefly explain an example from one of the assigned primary sources that demonstrates how Abraham Lincoln responded to the secession crisis.
- In the space below (or typed on a separate sheet), briefly explain an example from one of the assigned primary sources that demonstrates how ordinary northerners responded to the secession crisis and outbreak of the Civil War.
Worksheet grade: Cumulative worksheet average (20% of final course grade):
______Answer(s) does not draw from primary source evidence, as required. Please see me to clarify.
______Answer(s) not fully/correctly explained. Please see me to clarify.
