Thursday

 Today we are going to finish chapter 20 and look at the Emancipation Proclamation. You should have some time to finish the study questions below.

https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured-documents/emancipation-proclamation/transcript.html

Here are some questions for the chapter:

1) Why did European powers favor war in America?
2) How did Lincoln approach the Ft. Sumter crisis?
3) What action did Lincoln take to persuade the Border States to remain in the Union?
4) What was the original goal in the war as stated by Lincoln?
5) What side did the Indians tend to side with?
6) What advantages did the South possess?  What disadvantages?
7) What advantages did the North posses?  What disadvantages?
8) What supposed asset for the South at the beginning of the war never materialized?
9) Why did the British refuse to break the Union blockade?
10) What event nearly pushed the Union and the British to war?
11) What actions did France play during the Civil War?
12) How did the concept of states' rights impact the Southern war effort?
13) How did the different presidents run their nations during the war?
14) How did the North get their troops?  South?
15) How did the North and South pay for the Civil War?
16) What was the impact of the war on the Northern economy?  Southern Economy? 

Study guide of things you need to know for the test:

Some battles you should know:

1)Bull Run; Antietam; Shiloh; Chancellorsville; Gettysburg; Vicksburg; and Appomattox Courthouse.

Some people you should know: 

2) Robert E. Lee, Ulyssey's S. Grant, Stonewall Jackson, Tecumseh Sherman, John Wilkes Booth.

3) Documents: The Emancipation Proclamation, The Gettysburg Address, Lincoln's 1st and 2nd Inaugural Addresses; 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments.

4) When and why did South Carolina succeed from the Union?
5) List some of the advantages of the North at the beginning of the war. List some of the advantages of the South at the beginning of the war.
6) List some of the (5) famous battles of the Civil War with a brief description of each.
7) How do you view Lincoln's suspension of "the writ of habeas corpus"?
8) What if Lee's plan had not been found at the battle of Antiem?
9) What was the reconstruction?
10) Why did the Klu Klux Klan form?
11) Discuss Andrew Johnson's impeachment.  

Civil War Projects
Powerpoint Presentations:

w/ bullet point notes.

If it is a battle:

A) Date(s)
B) Commanders
C) Winner
D) Importance of the battle (meaning - what was it about; why did it happen; what were the objectives; where did it lead - what happened afterwards)
E) Story/Diary from the battle (soldier) or 3-4 quotes about the battle (by people alive during the Civil War)
F) Why did you learn

Also Needed:

10 photos from the Civil War (photos of commanders, photos or battle field, the soldiers, the dead)
2 current photos of the battlefield
1 piece of Civil War music
1 website


PEOPLE

A) Birth/Death dates for each person
B) List of major achievements during the Civil War (at least 5 for each)
C) Importance during the Civil War and after
D) 4 quote from each person during the war or about the war
E) 4 photos of the person during their life (at least 2 during the war)
F) 1 photo of monuments/grave stone of each person
G) 1 photo of family and/or significant others
H) 1 story about the death or things that happened during the war
I) 1 piece of Civil War music
J) 1 website link 

 

1. Which side, North or South, had a larger population? 

2. Why did the Confederacy develop a different flag to carry into battle? 

3. Why did Confederates many times not wear official uniforms? 

4. What was the focus of the eastern theater and western theater of the war?

 5. Can you think of another basic question you have about the war?