1. Using information from the readings, write a comprehensive and detailed essay discussing the three most important factors in the Confederacy’s defeat in the Civil War. Be sure to defend your position. 2. Write a comprehensive and detailed essay that answers the question of whether Reconstruction was a success or a failure. In the process, be sure to identify: the goals and policies of Johnson and the Radical Republicans; any successes (if you think there were any); and any failures. 3. In a detailed and comprehensive essay, evaluate Abraham Lincoln as a leader during the Civil War. How did his presidential decisions influence the outcome of the war? What struggles did he face as a leader? 4. What was the impact of the war upon freed people? Once slavery ended, what were the various opportunities opened to them and what were the struggles they faced? 5. Analyze the generalships of Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman during the last year of the war, and evaluate the plan for finally defeating the South and the impact of Grant’s generalship on the outcome of the war.