Financing the Confederacy's War Effort

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Assessment:

It is 1863. Imagine you are Christopher Memminger, the Confederacy’s Secretary of the Treasury. You must draft a policy that raises sufficient funds for the Confederacy’s war effort and is both effective and popular. Write a persuasive letter that will appear in papers across the South that outlines your policy and convinces people that they should follow you. You should explain the economic components of your policy and write in a way that will persuade people across society that your policies are sound and worthwhile.


Center for Technology and Teacher Education, University of Virginia. This module created by Brooke Graham of the University of Virginia.