• Forest Hill Community High School

• HISTORY 101

DIRECTIONS: (Go to File, Download As, then pick the format you can edit.) APUSH - Long Essay 4.04 Question 1. Some historians have called the Civil War and Reconstruction period a “Second American Revolution.” Support, modify, or refute this interpretation, providing specific evidence to justify your answer. Question 2. Evaluate the extent to which the federal government was united by Reconstruction. Help: 4.04 Cheat Sheet (Getting Started) Sample of a Long Essay Outline Thesis Statements Video - Long Essay Answering the Question Video - Long Essay Contextualization: (1-2 sentences that helps put this into broader historical context; you can connect it to anything that occurs before, during or after the time frame given in the question) The Civil war and reconstruction period can be called a “Second American Revolution” because many issues that occured during this period of time, can relate to the ones in the civil war, like for example, the American freedom from the British rule, and in this case, the freedom of slaves. Thesis: ● Answers the question ● Arguable ● Alludes to evidence The Civil war and reconstruction period can be considered as a “Second American Revolution”, because both events can relate with each other; like for example, new ideologies, new government, and in freedom.