Question 1

Blacks eagerly signed up for service in the army and navy after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued.Describe the life of a black soldier.How did it differ from the experiences of black sailors? Overall,how important were black servicemen in the outcome of the war? Finally,discuss what fighting in the war meant to these men.

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Question 2

Frederick Douglass declared,"The work does not end with the abolition of slavery,but only begins." In a thoughtful essay,discuss what you foresee as the work that will need to be done to secure freedom and liberty to the ex-slaves.Is emancipation enough? Why or why not?

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Question 3

Describe the changes in Lincoln's thinking that led to the Civil War being waged as a total war.

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Question 4

Using Lincoln's speech at Sanitary Fair in 1864 (excerpted in "Voices of Freedom"),explain how Lincoln defined liberty.How does this speech reflect a change in his thinking from 1861? Why do you think Lincoln had to change his thinking to achieve victory in this war?

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Question 5

How did the war affect the economies of the North and of the South?

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Question 6

What strategy did General Grant ultimately adopt to achieve victory for the Union,and why did he do so? Why was his strategy criticized?

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Question 7

Discuss and compare the dress rehearsals for Reconstruction in South Carolina,Louisiana,and Mississippi from a civil rights and economic perspective.Analyze Lincoln's initial plans for restoring the Union.

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Question 8

Lincoln observed in 1864 that "we all declare for liberty but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing." He continued to explain what the North meant and what the South meant,and how victory meant a national norm as defined by the North.Illustrate how liberty would come to be understood for the nation after the Civil War and analyze whether the abolishment of slavery was enough to propel the United States to finally exist as its founding documents suggested it should.

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Question 9

Compare and contrast the leadership abilities of wartime presidents Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis.How significant was each man's leadership to the course of the war?

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Question 10

What was the basic premise of the Confederate government? What advantages did the Confederacy have,and why did its leaders think victory would be theirs?

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Quiz 14: A New Birth of Freedom: The Civil War,1861-1865