History Question

Overview

Follow instructions very closely. DO NOT USE AI.

In no less than 700 and no more than 900 words, write an essay that answers the following:

• Why did Southern states secede from the Union? What reasons did Southern political leaders give and how (according to Bertram Wyatt-Brown's "Honor and Secession") did notions of "honor" influence their decisions?
• Why, according to Philip Paludan's "The Civil War as Crisis of Law and Order," did Northerners respond to secession in the way they did?

Details:

1. When directly quoting from a document, just use a parenthetical citation (Lincoln, 3)

2. The use of generative AI writing tools (such as ChatGPT, GrammarlyGO, GPT-3, GPT-4, BERT, or others) is allowed in this class within specific contexts and only if such use is properly acknowledged. Your instructors assume that any use of these tools will be only within the contexts the assignment allows (for instance, you can use ChatGPT for brainstorming if the assignment asks you to do so). You must acknowledge the use of AI in your assignment in an "Acknowledgement of AI Use" statement that:

Specifies which technology was used and on what date (ChatGPT, GPT-3, etc.)

Includes explicit descriptions of how the information was generated

Identifies the prompts used

Explains how the output was used in your work

The use of AI outside of contexts where the instructor specifies its use, or failure to acknowledge any use of AI technologies in your work will be considered an academic integrity violation and addressed according to Syracuse University’s Academic Integrity policies. You are the author of your work for the course and authorship means you take responsibility for your words and claims, regardless of which tools you use.