Preparing for the Civil War Test

The test will be essay based. You will be required to write two essays chosen from a seires of essay questions. Expect to write one paragraph each for the introduction and the conclusion and two paragraphs for the body. The test will be written Thursday, January 14, 2010.
Here are a number of examples of essay topics:

1. What was the most significant cause of the Civil War?

2. Who was the most influential person in the Civil War and why?

3. Why did the Confederates have the military successes they did in the first three years of the war?

4. Was the Emancipation Proclamation made inevitable by the war?

5. Was Confederate military leadership superior to Union military leadership?