For these assignments, you will choose a topic from these lists:  Topics for Po

For these assignments, you will choose a topic from these lists:
 Topics for PowerPoint Presentation: First Assignment:
 The Slavery Controversies of the 1850s
 The Secession Crisis and the Coming of the Civil War
 Civil War Soldiers: From Recruitment to Battlefront
 The Civil War in Virginia and Maryland, 1861-1862
 The Civil War in the Western Theater, 1861-1862
 Topics for PowerPoint Presentation: Second Assignment:
 Progress toward Emancipation, 1861-1863
 The Home Front in the Civil War
 Christianity in the Civil War Armies
 The Election Campaign of 1864
 The War in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, 1863-1865
 The War in the Western Theater, 1863-1865
If you choose a topic that is not listed, you must seek approval from the instructor. You will then
develop a PowerPoint presentation with 10–12 slides. Presentations must not exceed the assigned
number of slides. It is important to be concise and clear on the slides and to present relevant and
organized information in the notes. The presentation must have at least 5 illustrations. Be sure
that the notes contain Turabian-style citations, for historians must always present specific
evidence to support your analysis