1) Could the Civil War ever have been avoided? How and why? 2) Why do you think the story of the Civil War remains so popular a subject today?

1) Could the Civil War ever have been avoided? How and why?

2) Why do you think the story of the Civil War remains so popular a subject today?

3) Can you imagine a scenario in which the United States could ever again devolve into disunion and civil war?

Based upon your knowledge of the Civil War and reading of the Reconstruction Amendments (Document 7), in what specific ways were the questions and crises of liberty and unequal power relationships contained in these various documents resolved or exacerbated by the 1870s?