The Road to Civil War ends...At the Civil War!
- When was the Civil War?
- What states seceded from the Union to form the Confederate States of America? Why is this Union unconstitutional & why did the United States allow it?
- What were the four border states & what does it mean to be a border state?
- Why was Maryland the most important border state during the war?
- What were the advantages & disadvantages going into the war for both Union & Confederacy?
- Who was the President of the Confederate States of America? Who was he prior to the war?
- What was the deadliest weapon of the Civil War? Why was this the case?
- What was daily life like for a soldier during the Civil War? What did they do more than anything during the war?
- What were two problems the nation faced in dealing with death during the Civil War?
- How were women likely the most affected people during the Civil War?
- What was an ironclad and how did this new technology change world warfare forever?
- What made the Battle of Antietam such an important day & what did Matthew Brady do that changed the way people viewed the war?
- Why was the Emancipation Proclamation both a law that did & did not free slaves in the Southern states?
- Why was Vicksburg, Mississippi such an important city?
- What battle was the turning point of the Civil War & why was this the case?
- What was the phrase in Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address that changed the entire purpose of the Civil War?
- What was "total warfare" and how did William Tecumseh Sherman change the way warfare was fought? Why did he take such extreme measures?
- What was Andersonville?
- What phrase in Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address angered John Wilkes Booth and also lay out as a plan after the Civil war?
- What was John Wilkes Booth's plan? Was he successful?
- What were some results of the Civil War?
The Creation of the Confederacy & a Union Divided
The Deadliest Weapon of the Civil War.. The Minie Ball
Life in the Civil War