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?