107 Final Exam

Note that the final exam should focus on content you have studied in the the course. The content for the essay topics should be taken from readings from the Oakes text and American Heritage site. The final exam is NOT intended to be a research project. In other words, you should not go out on the Internet and bring in information that is not found in the curriculum I have provided. Rather, the essay is intended to assess your knowledge of the information in our class work The essay should be no more than five pages, double-spaced with one inch margins.  Make sure to review the definition of plagiarism and let me know if you have any questions regarding it. Also, please notify me if you need any accommodations to better enable your performance on the exams. Please send the essay via email. Do not send as a file attachment. Instead, save your essay on a Word document and copy and paste it into an email.

Final Exam Topic

The American Heritage web site features an essay by James McPherson titled, "A War That Never Goes Away." Discuss that essay. What is McPherson's thesis or main points and how does he prove his argument? Do you agree with the author? How has the Civil War affected the United States? Was it a war that occurred some one hundred and forty years ago that has little impact on us today, or did it forever change the nature of the country? How did it affect the country immediately following the war? Who were the losers and winners in this war? I have our Civil War and page still posted, so feel free to draw from that resource as well.