How do Faust and Williams argue how the Civil War impacted the lives of Americans?
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You will need to:
- Read Chapter 15 in OpenStax U.S. History TextbookLinks to an external site.
- Discussion question based on your analysis of the essays found in Chapter 14 "The Civil War" of Major Problems in American History, Vol. 1.
- Write a 500-800 word analytical response and refer to specific sections of the essays in your response. Your response must show clear indications of citing sections of the essays you are using to support your argument.
Prompt:
The Civil War has been analyzed by historians in numerous ways. Drew Gilpin Faust and David Williams offer alternative central meanings of the war. For Faust, death was the defining feature of the struggle. The ravages of war transformed how Americans experienced and related to death. The central element of the struggle, she suggests, was how it transformed American thinking about the end of life and what lies beyond. David Williams hones in on what Abraham Lincoln called the “new birth of freedom.” By emphasizing emancipation as the central theme of the war, and in particular, how African Americans ended slavery, Williams enters a long-standing debate over who brought emancipation. While other scholars have claimed that Abraham Lincoln was responsible or that the Union army was, Williams follows the lead of several other scholars to emphasize the role of African Americans both in the South and the North.
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How do Faust and Williams argue how the Civil War impacted the lives of Americans?
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