Font: Times New Roman 12 pt. Single spaced lines. THIS PAPER, MUST HAVE CITING OF SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY. Part I (A): Remember to use the Maryniak Effect – bold type for the important factors referenced below. Part I (B): The following basic information highlights should be included in the body of the paper. Election of Lincoln and details of the 1860 election (4 candidates) preceded by whatever events and discussion you feel is important to explain why the war occurred. Then, the TWO periods of secession and formation of the Confederate States of America, including the two capitals(C.S.A. of the Confederacy), Jefferson Davis, proximity of Richmond to Washington, D.C., and why it was important, the Union Army of the Potomac, the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, Robert E. Lee / Ulysses S. Grant (unconditional surrender nickname) battles of Fort Sumter (always with dates), 1st Bull Run (1* Manassas), ″Stonewall′ Jackson, Antietam (relationship to Emancipation Proclamation), Gettysburg (Lincoln′s Gettysburg Address), any other battles or generals you wish to include, Dorothea Dix / Clara Barton and women nurses, Appomattox Courthouse, Lincoln′s assassination, AND CONSEQUENCES of the war for the United States. Part II: include 8 (or more) pictures, charts, graphs, etc. tied to the body of the paper. Part III: CAUSE AND EFFECT. This is very, very, very important. You must cover Economic, Social, and Political consequences of the Civil War. Remember, the country, let alone the North, was NOT industrialized before the Civil War. Especially discuss importance and information on railroads. That happens after, and to a great extent, because of the Civil War. Politically – easy; rise of the Republican Party and its dominance after the war. Include discussion of the Pacific Railroad Act, Homestead Act, and Morrill Land Grant Act Socially, three and a half million slaves now free. Discuss ″Reconstruction″ and the ″Civil War Amendments″ (13, 14, 15) Part VI: Formal counts.
