DIRECTIONS: open book, open library, and open internet and therefore I will expect very detailed, accurate, and extensive answers to each question. In addition, you must not plagiarize another source which will result in an automatic failing grade. Your typed essays must be deposited as a SINGLE WORD DOCUMENT Write a well-structured and detailed essay for the following questions. Cite relevant historical evidence in support of your generalizations and present your arguments clearly and logically. Each essay should include several paragraphs containing five to six sentences filled with pertinent people, battles, laws, books, events, etc. 1. Compare and contrast the United States before and after the War of 1812. 2. Assess the long and short term causes of the American Civil War. At what point did the war become an “irrepressible conflict?” Why? 3. Evaluate the successes and failures of the Reconstruction period (1865-1877).