Other than Gettysburg or Vicksburg, make an argument for the single event you deem the most significant to the legacy of the American Civil War on reforms that are present in today's American Society, and explain your choice.

Grading Rubric for Written Response CRITERIA ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Score Content 70 percent 0-41 Response focus may not be clear to the reader, and/or the ideas may not make sense . L ittle to no analysis is demonstrated , and novel, relevant insight may be lacking . T he writing may contain numerous errors that interfere with the reader’s ability to grasp the writer’s meaning . 42 -48 Response may be somewhat unfocused , but demonstrates some effort at analysis . Supporting ideas may be lacking, difficult to determine, and/or provide little to no novel or relevant insigh t. T he reader may have difficulty at times determining what the writer is trying to say . 49 -55 Response generally focuses on the topic , but may occasionally stray . Analysis is fairly thorough . Supporting ideas are fairly well developed . Presentation is interesting and may contain a few novel insights that are relevant to the topic . 56 -62 Response generally focuses on the topic and de monstrates thorough analysis . Supporting ideas are fairly well developed . Presentation is interesting and contains somewhat novel insights that are relevant to the topic . 63 -70 Response remains fully focuse d on the topic . It demonstrates thorough analysis resulting in novel insight with relevant and fully developed supporting ideas . The presentation is engaging . Organization 20 percent 0-11 The organization is hard to follow ; idea s are not linked tog ether and/or may be fragmented . Lacking any logical grouping of ideas or transitions from one idea to the next. 12-13 The organization is mostly unclear and could be arranged in a more logical way. Some idea s are linked tog ether, but some idea s are fragmented . There is little to no grouping of ideas or use of transitions. 14 -15 The organization is fairly clear, but it could be arranged more logically to better support the proposed solution. Ideas are somewhat grouped together with a few transitions between groups. 16 -17 The organization results in clarity and presents mostly logically arranged points to support the proposed solution . Ideas are grouped fairly well, and there are transitions throughout the document. 18 -20 The organization results in clarity and presents logically arranged points to support the proposed solution. Related ideas are well grouped, and transitions between ideas flow smoothly. Writing Mechanics 10 percent 0-5 Writing lacks clarity and conciseness.

Serious problems with sentence structure and grammar.

Numerous major or minor errors in punctuation and /or spelling. 6 Writing lacks clarity or conciseness.

Minor problems with sentence structure and some grammatical errors. Several minor errors in punctuation and /or spelling. 7 Writing is somewhat clear and concise. Sentence structure and grammar are strong and mostly c orrect. Few minor errors in punctuation and /or spelling. . 8 Writing is mostly clear and concise. Sentence structure and grammar are strong and mostly correct.

Few minor errors in punctuation and /or spelling. 9-10 Writing is clear and concise.

Sentence structure and grammar are excellent. Correct use of punctuation. No spelling errors. Total