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[grace you]

does anyone know how to answer this question "To what extent was slavery the cause of the American Civil War?" im a bit confused on what I should talk in each body paragraph and structure wise any help would be good thanks

 

[dillydally]

i made a thread similar and someone replied ill quote them babs

also that was the exact question that got for my exam lol

that's a common mistake, dw. the best way to write a history essay is to actually have arguments as topic sentences and then work down, adding bits of narrative as EVIDENCE for your claim not as substance.

for example, if your question was "evaluate the relationship between agrippina and nero" (i did ancient not modern lol), you wouldn't just describe the narrative story of their life together, you would have 3 main points:
- agrippina and nero's initial relationship was mutually beneficial as nero was used as a political pawn in order to further both of their political position in the roman state.
- agrippina and nero's later relationship was turbulent as they pitted against each other to keep hold of newfound power.
- agrippina and nero's relationship in final years were adversarial and tainted, which was propelled especially by nero's new romantic and political relationships.

so each topic sentence is an argument, and then u use pieces of evidence to always work back to the question. i hope this helped!

yupp those are common questions too, but quite approachable!
using ur example of "to what extent was x the main cause of y" -> you would need to determine firstly whether x caused y to a low extent, high extent, or moderate extent.

once you evaluate that, your essay essentially is made of points to support why you think it is that extent. say you think that x caused y to a high extent, your body paras would be
- since ..., x indeed caused y to a high extent
-further, considering how ..., showcasing how x did in fact cause y to a high extent
- additionally, ..., proving that x caused y to a high extent.

same structure for if you argue low extent. for moderate extent, you need to argue how x cause y to a moderate extent throughout your whole essay. you cant just have 2 paras on why x caused y to a high extent and then 1 para on why x caused y to a low extent, that would invalidate your earlier arguments. so every body para has to ultimately say that x caused y only to a moderate extent.

hope this made sense!

 

[dillydally]

to answer that question specifically, i addressed the other main causes and essentially tied it back to how slavery permeated/catalysed them all. also how it was impossible to maintain an equilibrium between two morally and ethically conflicting social hierarchies if both north and south desired to spread their ideology westward

 

[grace you]

thank u so much btww!! did u get the same essay question as me or anythign like similiar if so can u please send like for reference? thank u )))

to answer that question specifically, i addressed the other main causes and essentially tied it back to how slavery permeated/catalysed them all. also how it was impossible to maintain an equilibrium between two morally and ethically conflicting social hierarchies if both north and south desired to spread their ideology westward

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[dillydally]

thank u so much btww!! did u get the same essay question as me or anythign like similiar if so can u please send like for reference? thank u )))

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my question was: 'if there had been no slavery, there would have been no war.' to what extent is this statement accurate?

 

[grace you]

my question was: 'if there had been no slavery, there would have been no war.' to what extent is this statement accurate?

Would u be able to send it to me? like i want something for reference its fine if not. also what did u get on it??

 

[dillydally]

Would u be able to send it to me? like i want something for reference its fine if not. also what did u get on it??

okii i pm u