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Civil War Reading Guide
Use this reading guide to help you understand important readings about the Civil War. You will be using your analyzing
(examining in detail), evaluating (determining significance), & summarizing (using your own words to restate the main
ideas) skills. Follow the steps below for each reading:
Step 0: Be ready to try your 100% best. This is the only way you can help yourself individually or in discussions.
Step 1: Pre-read. Look at all bold/underlined words, quotes, pictures, captions, maps, graphs, & inserts.
Step 2: Complete the reading. (1st reading=learning)
Step 3: Answer the questions that help you understand the importance of the reading’s main focus from memory.
Step 4: Reread the pages listed if you can’t remember an answer. (2nd/3rd/4th reading=understanding)
Step 5: Write the paragraph where you found your answer.
Step 6: Create a hashtag that captures the main idea of each reading.
Reading
Main
Idea
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HW on Monday, November 7
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The Union & Confederacy
both believed they could
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1. How did both sides feel about the war?
Pages 481-485 “War Erupts”
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5. What 2 options did Lincoln have with Fort Sumter?
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2. How did America’s view of Lincoln change during his presidency?
3. Which Northern advantage would help the North the most? Why?
4. Why do Civil War Battles have 2 different names?
Guiding
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why/how
main idea is
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7. How did Robert E. Lee feel about slavery & secession?
8. How was fighting a defensive war a Confederate advantage?
9. What problem did King Cotton have?
Reading
HW on Wednesday, November 16
Main
Idea
The Battle of Antietam
prolonged the Civil War.
Steps completed: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
10. What was McClellan waiting for to attack?
Quote or
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11. Why was Jefferson Davis not a good choice for CSA President?
12. What was the “bloody hail” that struck the green corn?
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Pages 493, 496-497 “No End in Sight”
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HW on Wednesday, November 16
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13. What was Ulysses S. Grant’s philosophy on war?
14. Why did Robert E. Lee invade the North?
15. What were Britain & France almost ready to do? Why?
16. Which side lost? How do you know?
Reading
HW on Tuesday, Nov. 29
Steps completed: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Main
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The ‘Burgs sealed the fate
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of the Confederacy
Pages 493, 496-497 “No End in Sight”
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Pages 512-516 EXCEPT “Sherman’s Total War”
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17. How did Joshua Chamberlin get used to the war’s violence?
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18. How does Lincoln’s view of the Gettysburg Address & history’s differ?
19. What order did Grant give his men about Lee?
20. What reason did Robert E. Lee give for fighting the Union?
21. How did “Stonewall” Jackson die?
Guiding
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why/how
main idea is
important
22. What did the Texan say about the bullets at Gettysburg?
23. What was the turning point of Gettysburg? Why did it fail?
24. What did Confederates eat at Vicksburg? Why?
Reading
HW on Monday, December 5
Main
Idea
Confederate defeat was
imminent after The ‘Burgs.
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25. How could pictures change people’s perceptions of war?
Quote or
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26. How did the Civil War start & end with Wilmer McLean?
Pre-read
27. What is Ulysses S. Grant showing the South in his quote?
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Guiding
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why/how
main idea is
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28. How was Sherman’s total war important to Abraham Lincoln?
29. What did Lincoln want in his Second Inaugural Address?
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Main
Idea
The Emancipation Proclamation
changed the Civil War & America.
Steps completed: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Pages 503-506 “The Emancipation Proclamation”
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30. What does emancipate mean?
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31. How did Lincoln say the South could save slavery?
Pre-read
32. How long did segregation last in the military?
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33. What did Lincoln say he would do to save the Union?
34. What did Lincoln think emancipation would do to the South?
Guiding
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why/how
main idea is
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35. How did the North view the Civil War after the Emancipation Proclamation?
36. Why did few slaves in the South actually become free after the Emancipation
Proclamation?
37. How were black soldiers treated differently?
Reading
BY Friday, December 2
Main
Idea
The Civil War harshly affected
society & the economy.
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38. What did hungry women & children do in Richmond on April 3, 1863?
Quote or
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39. You are a confederate soldier. What would you buy with your $18? Why?
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40. How did Clara Barton earn the nickname “the angel of the battlefield”?
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42. Why were there so many food shortages in the South?
Guiding
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why/how
main idea is
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43. How did inflation hurt the South?
44. What is the coolest way slaves fought against the Confederacy?
45. Which woman was most inspiring? Why?
46. What was the worst thing about being in Andersonville?
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Big Ideas of the Civil War
Write notes on the BACK OF THIS PAGE to help you address each major Civil War issue.
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Comp book 72-79, 86-87, 94-95
Comp book 72-93, Reading Guide
“Confederate Primary Sources: Making Ends Meet”
Text: 345, 482, 484, 490, 491, 493, 495, 515, & 516
Reading Guide & Text: 482-485, 503-506, 507-510
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1. Describe the Anaconda Plan.
7. Explain why King Cotton failed.
There are 2 parts. Describe how each worked &
why it was important.
Part 1
a. Describe King Cotton.
Part 2
c. What happened in Europe?
2. Explain why Robert E. Lee commanded Confederate
troops.
a. What position was he offered by President
Lincoln? Why?
b. What happened in the US (battles)?
8. Describe why the rebel yell was so effective.
a. Why did Southerners do it?
b. How did Northerners react? Why?
9. Explain how the Emancipation Proclamation changed
b. Where was he from? Why did that matter?
the Civil War.
a. Where were slaves freed? Why?
c. Why is this ironic?
b. Where were slaves not freed? Why?
3. Explain why Lincoln promoted Ulysses S. Grant.
a. Who did Lincoln fire? Why?
b. What did Lincoln like about Grant? Give Proof.
c. How did people react to it?
10. Explain how life changed for women during the Civil
War.
a. What did they have to do? Responsibilities?
4. Explain how two new Civil War weapons changed
warfare.
Explain how they were different & what soldiers
could do with each.
b. How did they react to problems/needs?
11. Explain how the Civil War was “a rich man’s war but a
5. Explain why disease was such a problem during the
poor man’s fight”.
a. What did the rich want?
Civil War.
a. What kind of diseases affected soldiers?
b. How could rich people get out of fighting?
b. Explain how disease spread.
c. Why couldn’t the poor?
6. Explain why the Mississippi River was so important
during the Civil War.
a. What was it used for?
12. Explain how inflation affected the Confederacy.
a. What is inflation?
b. Why was it so high in the Confederacy?
b. Why important to the South?
c. Why important to the North?
c. What did rich & poor people do because of
inflation?
13. Explain two reasons (strategies, battles, tactics, or resources) why the Union won the Civil War.
a. Prove 2 ways each was important.