Write a 2-3 page essay discussing the
questions below. Give citations from both the textbook by Eric Foner and
primary documents as necessary. Choose either Chicago style footnotes
or MLA style citations. Essays should be double spaced in 12-point
typeface with one-inch margins.
questions below. Give citations from both the textbook by Eric Foner and
primary documents as necessary. Choose either Chicago style footnotes
or MLA style citations. Essays should be double spaced in 12-point
typeface with one-inch margins.
Compare the 1861 Cornerstone Speech by Alexander Stephens, Vice President of the Confederacy with the 1861 essay by abolitionist Rev. William Patton titled, The American Crisis; or, the True Issue, Slavery or Liberty?
These writers represent opposing viewpoints regarding the secession of
the Southern states from the Union. Where do they agree and disagree
regarding the cause and justification for secession? What audience is
Alexander Stephens addressing in his speech, what is the occasion and
purpose, and why is it important to the South? What audience is William
Patton addressing in his essay, what is the purpose, and why is it
important to the North? (For extra points: Compare Stephens and Patton
to the first paragraph of the primary document, The Declaration of the Immediate Causes of Secession (1860) in Chapter 14, page 968 of Foner.)
These writers represent opposing viewpoints regarding the secession of
the Southern states from the Union. Where do they agree and disagree
regarding the cause and justification for secession? What audience is
Alexander Stephens addressing in his speech, what is the occasion and
purpose, and why is it important to the South? What audience is William
Patton addressing in his essay, what is the purpose, and why is it
important to the North? (For extra points: Compare Stephens and Patton
to the first paragraph of the primary document, The Declaration of the Immediate Causes of Secession (1860) in Chapter 14, page 968 of Foner.)