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Chapter18:TheCivilWar
Lesson1TheTwoSides
1. Whatareborderstates?
2. WhatweretheadvantagesanddisadvantagesoftheNorthandtheSouth
whenthewarbegan?
3. Whatwerethegoalseachsidewantedtoaccomplishinthewar?
4. WhatwasConfederatepresidentJeffersonDavissbasicstrategyduringthe
war?
5. WhatwastheUnionsAnacondaPlan?
Lesson2EarlyYearsoftheWar
1. HowdidPresidentLincolnreacttotheConfederatevictoryattheFirstBattle
ofBullRun?
2. WhywasitimportantfortheUniontocontroltheMississippiRiver?
3. WhatbattleinfluencedLincolnsdecisiontoissuetheEmancipation
Proclamation?
4. ForwhatreasonsdidLincolnhesitatetoabolishslaveryintheearlyyearsof
thewar?
5. WhatwastheEmancipationProclamationandhowdiditchangethefocusof
thewar?
Lesson3LifeDuringtheCivilWar
1. Inwhatwaysdidwomencontributetothewareffort?
2. WhydidtheNorthandtheSouthinstituteadraft?
3. WhatcausedtheNewYorkCityDraftRiotsof1863?
4. HowdidtheCivilWaraffecttheeconomiesoftheNorthandtheSouth?
5. WhatweretheeffectsoftheHomesteadAct?
6. WhatweretheeffectsoftheMorrillAct?
Lesson4TheStrainofWar
1. Whydidthe54thMassachusettsregimentbecomefamous?
2. Whatbattleisconsideredtheturningpointofthewar?
3. HowdidtheeventsatVicksburgchangethetideofthewar?
4. InhisGettysburgAddress,Lincolnsaidthatthewarwasfoughtsothat
Governmentofthepeople,bythepeople,forthepeopleshallnotperish
fromtheearth.Howdidthisstatementreflecthisideasofequality,liberty,
andunity?
Lesson5TheWarsFinalStages
1. WhatwasGrantsplantodefeattheConfederacy?
2. HowdidWilliamT.Shermanaffectthewar?
3. WhathappenedatAppomattoxCourtHouse?
4. WhatbasicsentimentisexpressedinTheBattleHymnoftheRepublic?
5. Whatwerethephysicalandeconomiccostsofthewar?