Title: Writing Topics - Civil War (SE) - Research Guides at Tarrant County College
Headings: Civil War (SE): Writing Topics
Civil War (SE): Writing Topics
Suggested Topics for Writing About the Civil War
Coming of the Civil War:
The Union Divided:
This Cruel War
Turning Points
Union Victory and the Legacy of Lincoln

Content: It applied almost exclusively to states and regions in rebellion, however, failing to extend to slaves in the four Border States or West Virginia. To what extent then was the Emancipation Proclamation meant to change the freedom of African Americans? Was it simply a military tactic or was it meant to have a more permanent, social impact? Was the Emancipation Proclamation a radical or moderate document? The final Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863 committed the Union to the abolition of slavery. How did the adoption of emancipation as a war goal and the raising of black troops change the meaning and the experience of the war in the Union and in the Confederacy? How did the Emancipation Proclamation change public opinion regarding the war in the North and the South? Examine the contributions of black soldiers to the Civil War effort. How were the Union and Confederacy different or similar in their use of African American combatants before and after the declaration of the Emancipation Proclamation? How did the course of the war and the various roles played by African Americans during it affect race relations and perceptions of racial possibilities in American society?