Review for Civil War Test

Remember to put your first name only at the top of your post and please number each response and then use complete sentences to answer each question.

1. Summarize the first battle of the Civil War

2. Describe why the Emancipation Proclamation would have caused such a variety of reactions from people

3. Summarize the battle that was the turning point of the Civil War.

4. Explain why the battle of Vicksburg was important

5. Summarize the battle of Petersburg

6. Explain why the "March to the Sea" would have been a significant Union Victory (and say who led it)

7. Tell me who the 16th United States President was, and then who the Confederate President was during the war after the South seceded.

8. Explain who Frederick Douglas was

9. Describe the battle that ended the war.

Response to the Civil War

Click on the link or copy and paste it:
 http://www.history.com/interactives/civil-war-150#/home
First read through "Who They were", "Weapons of War", "How they died", "5 deadliest Battles" and "Paying for the War", finally click on "Civil War Topics" and read about some of the battles listed there.
 1. Summarize three of the topics you have read about.
After you have summarized, please answer these thought questions as well:
1. 1. What do you think are some of the reasons the legacy of the Civil War is a divisive issue?
2. What is the best way to commemorate controversial events in American History such as the Civil War?
3. How can people who see the Civil War’s legacy differently listen and learn from each other? (ie people who live in the North and remember the Civil War, and how they would remember it differently than people that were in the South as part of the Confederacy).
4. If you were in charge of teaching the Civil War in your school, how would you do it?

How did the economy of the North and South contribute to their need for or views on slavery?

(Remember to put your name at the top of your post)

Explain how the differences between the North and the South effected their view of slavery, why did the South feel strongly about the need for slaves whereas the North didn't? Use complete sentences to describe both North and South and then explain their views.