Civil War topics for Newspaper

Name and period located in the title.

Tell me about the Gettysburg address from an audience point of view.
Tell why US Grant and WT Sherman are considered heroes.
Explain what the anaconda plan was and if it worked.
What was the Emancipation Proclamation.
Write obituaries for Stonewall Jackson, Lo Armistead & John Booth.
Write about the death total for the entire war. (diease & bullets)
Describe the increase in the cost of goods for the South.
What things will the freed slaves need and have to face.
Should the South be made to suffer or welcomed back into the Union?
Write about Lincoln's death, by whom, Johnson taking over.
The biggest one should be on the advantages and disadvantages of the North and South.
Draw ONE political cartoon for the Civil War time period. (topic is wide open)

It must be on the two pages I provided. It can be typed but does not HAVE to be. Art work is not the focus, answers to the essay questions are important. Answer them in complete sentences and to the best of your eighth grade ability.