Civil War 2

Front 1

What effects might the Emancipation Proclamation have had on the enslaved people still under the rule of the South?

Back 1

If it had, they might have also seceded from the Union.

Front 2

How did the Civil War make it acceptable for women to do work that they had previously been discouraged from doing?

Back 2

They may have been afraid that they would desert to the Union side.

Front 3

Why were the African American soldiers not always treated equally with the white soldiers?

Back 3

He said that the fate of the Confederacy was sealed.

Front 4

Why might Lincoln have stated the purpose of the war at a ceremony honoring a decisive Union victory?

Back 4

Control of Vicksburg gave the Union control of the Mississippi River which flowed through the Confederate States.

Front 5

Why did the Emancipation Proclamation not apply to the slave states that had stayed in the Union?

Back 5

The Union victory held great significance to the future of the United States and the speech Lincoln gave there expressed many democratic ideals.

Front 6

What was Grant's reaction to the fall of Vicksburg?

Back 6

One of the aims was to undermine the Confederate Army by letting slaves know that there was a place for them in the Union Army.

Front 7

What did some boys do that made them feel it was all right to claim to be over 18?

Back 7

With more and more men serving in the war, more and more women needed to do their work.

Front 8

Why might the Confederate Army have been reluctant to have African American soldiers?

Back 8

Since the battle was an important step toward final Unioin victory, Lincoln wanted to state the principles he intended to support after the war.

Front 9

Why do you think the battlefield at Gettysburg has become a famous historical site?

Back 9

Although the North did not approve of slavery. they still had many prejudices against the African Americans.

Front 10

Why was Union control of Vicksburg so critical?

Back 10

They put a paper with 18 written on it in their shoes.