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Tape 9: The Civil War
The Civil War Video Questions
1861: Crisis at Sumter
1. In what year did the Civil War start?
Rush to Arms
2. Where was the Confederate capital for most of the war?
3. What were at least two reasons for men to enlist?
4. Who was asked to lead the Northern army but ended up leading the Southern army?
5. Why was the South “bound to fail”?
First Bull Run and McClellan
6. What did Southerners think the Victory at Bull Run meant?
7. Name two new weapons in this war?
Oh, Freedom
8. What was the war about more than anything?
9. What role did free blacks play in the war?
10.What finally ended slavery?
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Tape 9: The Civil War
1863: At Home
11.Why were there “bread riots” in the South?
12.Why did working class men in the North oppose the war?
13.Why were there draft riots in the North?
Angels of the Battlefield
14.What roles did women play in the war?
Gettysburg
15.Why was Gettysburg such an important battle?
16.Why was the loss at Vicksburg so important?
Western Front
17.Why were Native Americans drawn into the war?
18.What happened at Sand Creek?
Toward Union Victory
19.What did Sherman do to the South in the March to the Sea?
Conclusion at Appomattox
20.What turning point occurred in the United States after the war?
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