"There are two types of education. One should teach us how to make a living, and the other how to live..."

--John Adams

Monday, March 10, 2025

Week of March 10-17, 2k25

The Civil War continues...


1. What roles did women play in the Civil War?
2. How were Jews involved in the Civil War?
3. What is an ironclad and how did it change warfare forever?
4. How did the Battle of Antietam and Matthew Brady's picture gallery change the way people felt about the war?
5. What were the details of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and why didn't it free all the slaves in the United States?  What is Lincoln's objective in his proclamation?
6.  What made 1863 the turning point in the war?
7.  What was the purpose of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address & what was the most important phrase of this speech that changed the nature of the war?
8. Who was William T. Sherman and how did his tactics practically end the rebellion in the South?
9.  What was Andersonville?
10. What happened at Appomattox, Va in 1865?
11.  What was the purpose of John Wilkes Booth's plan and was it successful?

The Ironclads! -- Merrimack and Monitor


Battle of Antietam...Bloodiest Day in American History...


The Dead of Antietam...Matthew Brady

Emancipation Proclamation

Gettysburg Address