American history

Setting: Several prominent and not so prominent people have agreed to come together during the 1850s-1860s and discuss the major issues of the era.   ANSWER GENERAL QUESTIONS from the point of view of your person: Mary Chestnut What are the major positive and negative trends happening in the USA? What challenges confront the USA? What should be the future of the republic? ANSWER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS to be answered from the point of view of your person: Who are you, most especially during this time period? How did you impact the major events/issues of this time period? Who/what had the greatest impact on your actions/thinking during this period? Who are your major allies and opponents? Specific Tasks & Products: To become familiar with the background of your person, then focus primarily on what they are doing and believing during the time period given.  In order to achieve this: For each of the questions above, provide a typed summary response.  These responses should reflect comments your person would logically make in discussing the issues raised during this period.   Your responses should be accessible, meaning that bulleted lists or charts are very appropriate.  Clearly identify your positions. To complete #1, consult the appropriate chapters in your textbook AND a basic encyclopedia, such as the Encyclopedia Britannica or short versions, such as The Reader’s Digest Family Encyclopedia of American History; reference materials, such as the Dictionary of American Biography or other print or electronic reference or biographic materials.  Use at least 3 sources. Avoid wikipedia due to credibility issues.  Use of wikipedia will result in grade reduction. Provide a typed, MLA formatted, annotated works consulted/cited page(s). Make and wear a clearly visible, visually appealing and appropriate name tag for your person. Engage in classroom discussion by clearly introducing yourself and reacting in an appropriately supportive or critical way to the “historical” comments made by others. PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENT OPTION/REQUIREMENT – See directions for specific time period. Include a less-than-one-page (excerpt, if necessary) primary source document which clearly illustrates your person’s position on one of the issues you identified.   Documents of several pages should be deftly edited to no longer than a page.   A separate, correctly formatted citation is needed for this document and should be located immediately after the document. In a well-developed paragraph or two, justify your choice of this document along with a brief summary of its major points. Unit 4 Civil War –Reconstruction 1848-1877 Major Characters Stephen Douglas Frederick Douglass Abraham Lincoln James Buchanan John Brown William Lloyd Garrison Preston Brooks Charles Sumner William Seward Edwin Stanton Gideon Wells Horace Greeley Jefferson Davis Robert Gould Shaw Mary Chestnut Harriet Tubman Andrew Johnson Susan B. Anthony Clara Barton Ulysses S. Grant Roger B. Taney George B. McClellan Robert Barnwell Rhett Blanche K. Bruce Thaddeus Stevens Henry Winter Davis Clement Laird Vallandigham Hiram Revels Recent Irish Immigrant (1850s-60s) Rose O’Neal Greenhow Mary Elizabeth Bowser (Mary Jane Richards) Sarah Edmonds (aka Frank Thompson) Also make list of people you like and dislike.