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Reporting the War Video

Training using WebCT

WebCT Discussion Assignment for Day Two

How did photography and the telegram effect the War.

·        Explain in detail according to Major Robert Anderson the conditions inside the fort during the attack by the Confederate forces.

·        What type of casualties occurred there?   

·        Why was the attack on Fort Sumter significant to the Civil War?  

• Were young men eager to join in the fight or were they reluctant to do so?

• Explain  

·        What was a border state during the Civil War?

·        Which states were considered by the Lincoln administration to be Border States?

·        What position did some of the states take in regards to the Civil War?  

·        What were the strengths and weaknesses of the Union Army?

•   What were the strengths and weaknesses of the Confederate Army?

WebCT Discussion Question for Day Three

Which  strength do you believe will have the greatest impact on the outcome of the war?

·        What was the Union’s plan in fighting at Bull Run/Manassas?

·        Why did the Confederates win the battle?

·        What made this an unusual battle?  

• What was significant about this battle/what did it prove to both sides?

• What were conditions like in the army camps?

• What was the number one cause of death in the Civil War?

• What did the soldiers do to keep their spirits up?

• What concept was the Union’s strategy based upon?  Explain.

• What was the Confederate  strategy based upon? Explain.

WebCT Discussion Question for Day Four.

How could the Union have improved their strategy to make it more effective and shorten the war?

• In what ways did women help the War effort?

• What was the U.S. Sanitary Commission?

• Explain in detail a story of a courageous woman that helped out the War effort.

• Describe the conditions in the Hospitals.  

• What did most of the men who were wounded die from? and why?

• What requirements did Dorothea Dix have for her nurses at the beginning of the War?

WebCT Discussion Question for Day Five

Where did women have the largest impact during the war?  Explain your reasoning.

• What were the Ironclads?

• Describe two other inventions that were used for the first time during the Civil War.

• How did the Minie Ball revolutionize Warfare?

The Battles of the Civil War

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• Who were the commanders involved in the conflict?

• What was the outcome of this battle and what did it enable the Union forces to do?

• What was the outcome of this battle and why was it so significant?

• Why is the name of the battle ironic?

• What was the outcome of this battle?

WebCT Discussion Question for Day Six

Which invention during the War had the greatest impact on the War?

• What was the historical significance of this battle?

• What opportunity did this battle give to President Lincoln?

                        Complete the Chart for the Battle of Antietam

• Identify at least two interesting pieces of information about this battle.

• What did the capturing of New Orleans mean for the Union army?

• What was a major reason that the Union lost the Seven Day campaign against the Confederates? 

WebCT Discussion Question for Day Eight

Which victory for the Union had the greatest impact on the overall outcome of the War?

·        Why did President Lincoln wait to emancipate the slaves in rebelling slaves until September 22, 1862?

·        How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the War?  

• What did the Emancipation Proclamation declare?

• Why was the Proclamation considered to be limited?

• How were Black troops treated differently than White troops?

• What happened as a result of the bravery shown by the 54^th Massachusetts volunteers at Fort Wagner?  

• What was the general misconception of African Americans fighting in the War?  How was this proven wrong?

• Approximately what percentage of African Americans who fought during the Civil War died?  

• Why would this number be so high compared to the white soldiers?  

WebCT Discussion Question for Day Nine

What was the greatest flaw of the Emancipation Proclamation? Why?

• Copperheads

       What were the Copperheads?

        What was their agenda?

• Conscription

        What was conscription?

         Did the American society support it?  What resulted from it?

• Income Tax

        What was an income tax and why was it enacted?

        What did the Act of 1862 establish?  What was its purpose?

•  Economic Effects of the Civil War

        What was the biggest problem that arose following the Civil War?

• Slaves Efforts to Undermine the South scroll down the page when visiting to this link

        What were the four questions that faced the Northerners and Southerners regarding the slaves during the Civil War?

         Why did many slaves wait to revolt during the Civil War?

• Prison Camps

          What caused the high mortality rate in the Prison Camps?

           What was the most dangerous disease?  Why would this have been?

            List and describe two facts that interest you about the Prison Camps.

WebCT Discussion Question for Day Ten

Using your critical thinking skills what other economic effects resulted from the Civil War?  Create a list from the possibilities that your group came up with.  

                         Complete the chart below for the Battle of Gettysburg

• Identify at least two interesting pieces of information about this battle.

·  Why was there a ceremony at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on November 19, 1863?

·  Why is there no photograph of President Lincoln presenting his Gettysburg Address?

·  What did the Gettysburg Address do for the generations that followed the Civil War?

WebCT Discussion Question for Day Eleven

As you read the Gettysburg Address what thoughts and feelings overcome you?

• Who were the commanders involved in the conflict?

• What was the outcome of this battle?  What did this battle do for the Union and Confederate armies?

Video

• Why was the seizing of Columbia so important to the Union cause? (Part I)
• What were Sherman and his forces trying to accomplish by marching thru South Carolina? (Part I)
• What were some of the results of Sherman's March?  Give details. (Part V).
• Why did Sherman order his men to destroy everything in their path?
• Give some examples of the destruction caused by Sherman’s Army.

WebCT Discussion Question for Day Twelve.

Could you justify Sherman's March?  Why?

        Video

·        How did Grant and Lee’s approach to surrender differ?

·        Grant was criticized for being too kind in the terms he provided for surrender.  What were those terms?

• What is this author's view regarding the outcome of the Civil War?

• What was Reconstruction?

• What were the views of Lincoln and the Republicans regarding the reconstruction of the Southern states?  Were they similar or different?

WebCT Discussion Question for Day Thirteen.

Who's view to reconstruction would you have supported?  Lincoln's or the Radical Republicans.

The Movie: Glory 

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