• textbook --> pp. 460 -471.
• AMSCO --> pp. 265 - 269.

1. What were the initial responses of the North and South to the outbreak of Civil War?
2. What methods of troop recruitment were utilized by the North and the South?
3. Create a CHART which analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of the North and South in terms of their readiness for war.
4. How did the Union and Confederacy propose to finance their war efforts?
5. Describe the difficulties in terms of leadership facing the South at the outset of the Civil War?  What were Jefferson Davis's leadership abilities?  Why was Lincoln more successful at organizing a command system than Davis?
6. What were the characteristics of the Confederacy government which would weaken its ability to lead the South into war?
7. What was the response of the border states to the outbreak of the Civil War?
8. What major military engagements were fought in 1861?  What did they reveal about the possibility of an early end to the struggle?  about the readiness of the two sides for a major conflict?
9. What was the Union plan for the conquest of the West?  How did the Confederacy propose to defend this area?

                          ASSIGNMENT 2:

• textbook --> pp. 471 - 482.
• AMSCO --> pp. 269 - 273;  274 - 275 [Docs. C & D --> pp. 286 - 287].

1. What was the significance of the Union's success in the Battle of New Orleans?
2. Describe the conditions in army hospitals during the Civil War.  What role did women play in the war?
3. What were the strengths and weaknesses of George McClellan's military leadership?   of Robert E. Lee's military leadership?
4. What was the Union plan on the Virginia front in 1862?  Identify the three major military campaigns in the East during 1862.
5. Why did the Union establish a naval blockade of the South?  How did the Confederacy attempt to break the blockade?  How successful was the Union in cutting off supplies to the Confederacy?
6. How did the Europeans respond to the American Civil War?  Why did the South feel that it could secure diplomatic recognition from Great Britain?  How did England respond?  What was President Lincoln's foreign policy goal at the outbreak of war?
7. Why was the battle of Antietam considered to be a turning point in the Civil War?
8. What were the provisions of the Confiscation Act of 1862?  Why was it considered a prelude to the Emancipation Proclamation?
9. List the provisions of the Emancipation Proclamation.  What were the responses of the South, the North, and the Europeans to this document?
10. What did the Emancipation Proclamation really accomplish?
11. Describe the response of ex-slaves and free Southern blacks to the opportunity to fight in the Union army.  How were black troops treated?  What was the significance of their performance at Fort Wayne, SC?
12. Why did Union military leadership change so frequently between 1862 and 1863?

                         ASSIGNMENT 3:

• textbook --> pp. 492 - 501.
• AMSCO --> pp. 277 - 279.
• Mary Boykin Chesnut, A Confederate Lady's Diary.

1. Define the term "writ of habeas corpus."  Discuss Lincoln's suspension of the writ during the Civil War and explain the Supreme Court's decision in the case Ex parte Milligan.
2. Who were the Copperheads?  What was their political agenda?
3. Identify the Radical Republican faction in Lincoln's party.  What challenge did they present to President Lincoln in terms of party policy?  What was their overall effectiveness in influencing Republican policies?
4. List the important pieces of legislation enacted by Congress between 1862 and 1863.  How did each of these laws strengthen the authority of the central government?  Why was such legislation able to be passed at this time?
5. What were the causes of the New York City draft riot of 1863?  Who were the participants?  What were their reasons for protesting conscription laws?
6. What was the impact of the Civil War on the Northern economy?  What was its effect on both industrial and agricultural production as well as its impact on the status of the laboring class?
7. How did the Civil War create new opportunities for Northern women?
8. List the characteristics of the Confederate political system which actually retarded the South's ability to wage war effectively?
9. What difficulties did the Confederacy face in trying to create Southern nationalism?
10. What was the impact of the Civil War on the economy of the South?
11. What role did Southern play in the Civil War?  How did the Civil War change the role of women in Southern society?

                          ASSIGNMENT 4:

• textbook --> pp. 501 - 510.

1. What two major initiatives did General Grant bring to the Union war strategy?  List the three challenges faced by Grant in his efforts to implement these strategies.
2. What was the significance of the fall of Atlanta to the overall Union war effort as well as to the outcome of the 1864 presidential election?
3. Identify the candidates and issues of the 1864 election.  What do you think might have happened if Lincoln had not been reelected?
4. Why did the Donfederacy face a real dilemma in considering the arming of the slave population for war?
5. What was the impact of Sherman's "March to the Sea" on the South?  How did this campaign destroy the South's will to carry on the fight?
6. Identify the terms of surrender dictated by Grant to Lee at Appomattox.  What do you think could have happened if Grant had not acted as graciously as he did toward Lee and his troops?
7. Explain the importance of President Lincoln's assassination to the future of Reconstruction in the divided South.
8. Create a CHART which shows the effects of the Civil War on the economies and social systems of the North and of the South.