Chapter Questions
What made the American Civil War the first modern war?
Explain how the North won the war by considering its material resources, military strategy, and effective political and military leadership.
Describe how President Lincoln's war aims evolved between I86I and I863, changing from simply preserving the Union to also ending slavery.
How did the Emancipation Proclamation, northern military successes, and actions by the slaves themselves combine to finally end slavery?
What role did blacks play in both winning the Civil War and in defining the war's consequences?
What major policies did the wartime Congress pass that transformed the nation's economic and financial systems?
How was the American Civil War part of a global trend toward more destructive and deadly wars?
Compare the end of slavery in the United States to emancipation elsewhere in the world.
In what ways did the outcome of the Civil War change the United States's status in the world?