Reading questions for pages 544-555

While reading pages 544-555, answer the following guide questions:

1. What was Lincoln's stance on the status of the 11 Confederate states?
2. How did Congress' stance compare to that of Lincoln's?
3. Copy down key information from chart on p. 445.
4. How did the life of a freed slave compare to when they were slaves?
5. How did the end of the war affect social status in the South?
6. Why were black codes created? What problems did they create?
7. How did the government address the black codes?
8. What controversies resulted from Johnson's plan?
9. What did Congress do to Johnson's plan?
10. What effect did Johnson's vetoes have on moderate Republicans?
11. How did Congress reassert itself during the Johnson administration?
12. How did the 14th Amendment almost create an entirely new Constitution?
13. Compare the reaction to the 14th Amendment in the North to the South.
14. What finally gave blacks the right to vote?
15. What effect did the 14th Amendment have on women's rights?

Civil War Prompt 2

After viewing the film 'Glory' and learning about the Battle of Gettysburg today in class, what possible costs to Lincoln could the formation of African-American regiments and a seemingly endless duration to the war have on his political future? What mistakes have haunted him from the beginning of the war to this point? Post two comments.

Civil War prompt

Argue for or against: The Civil War presented the only feasible way for our nation to solve whatever internal inconsistencies that existed from its birth. Post two comments: one that answers the prompt, and one that is a response to a classmate's stance.

p. 525-538

While reading the assigned selection, answer the following guide questions:

1. How did the Union's strategy change upon the selection of Grant as General in Chief?

2. How did Sherman's strategy compare to that of Grant's? How was it similar?

3. What factors necessitated economic change in the South during the war?

4. How did the war affect the economy in the North?

5. Compare the living conditions of civilians in the North to the South during the war.

6. How did the war affect the Confederacy's outlook on the propects of continuing slavery?

7. What opportunities did the war provide women?

8. How did Lincoln's expansion of Presidential powers affect his political fortunes in 1864?

9. In your own words, why did the South lose the war?

10. Agree/disagree: the Civil War allowed the United States to finally achieve a real union.

11. How did reconstruction pose an even bigger challenge than fighting the war itself?

Reading questions for pages 510-526

While reading your selection this weekend, answer the following guide questions:

1. Based on what we've already covered in class, and the text, how was it that the Union did not take advantage of such overwhelming superiority in terms of economic output and end the war quickly?

2. How did Lincoln's actions to secure Maryland compare to those of Missouri and Kentucky?

3. How did the development of rifled muskets change the tactics used during the war?

4. What was one possible reason for why the Confederates failed to take Washington following the 1st Battle of Bull Run/Manassas

5. How did McClellan's tactics lead to a longer conflict?

6. What problems existed in the Union's strategy during the battles in the West and the East?

7. How did the troubles in financing the war affect both the Confederacy and the Union?

8. How did the resulting problems with the financing compare in the Union and Confederacy?

9. What necessitated the creation of conscription?

10. How did the conscription acts passed by both the Confederacy and Union lead to class conflict?

10. How did the fact that the Confederacy had no party system affect their dealings with political division and the execution of the war?

11. How did the issue of emancipation affect the political landscape in the Union?

12. What racial attitudes were exposed in Lincoln's idea for emancipation?

13. What needed to be done before Lincoln could actually give his Emancipation Proclamation?

14. How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the attitude towards having African-Americans serve in the war?