Please write at least 150 words for each of the questions below. Please make sure to use the sources to provide evidence.

You may pick any two sources from the files attached to answer the questions.

1. Discussing at least two assigned primary sources, what can you say about the relationship between the Union and the Confederacy? Use at least two examples.

2. How was life for African Americans during and after Reconstruction similar to and different from life before the Civil War? How successful was Reconstruction? Support your argument with at least 2 different assigned primary source readings and bring in at least two specific examples from the selected readings.