CauseoftheCivilWar byKenBurns

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1.HowmanyAmericansfoughtintheCivilWar?

2.HowmanyAmericanmendied?

3.DuringwhatyearswastheCivilWarfought?

4.HistorianBarbaraFieldsclaimedthatthestoryoftheCivilWarwasnotaboutthebattlefield, butaboutwhat?

THECAUSE 5.In1861,whatwasthepopulationoftheUnitedStates?

6.PleasedescribesomedetailsabouttheplightofslavesintheUnitedStates.

7.WhatdidBarbaraFieldsclaimwasthemaineventthatledtotheCivilWar?

8.Whatinventionhadthemostinfluenceonthespreadofslavery?Explainhowthisinvention didthat?

9.HowmanyslaveswerethereintheUnitedStatesin1861?

10.InwhatmovementwasWilliamLloydGarrisonaleader?ANDwhatdidthismovementstand for?

11.Inthe1830s(longbeforehewasPresident),whatwasLincolnstanceonslavery?

12.Whywastheadditionofeachnewstateaprobleminrelationsbetweenthenorthandthe south?Explainasclearlyasyoucan.

13.WhatdidHarrietBeecherStowedothatwasimportant?

14.WhatwasBleedingKansas?

15.WhathappenedintheDredScottcase?

16.WhatbegantooccurinCongressduringthistime?

17.DescribestepstakenbyPresidentBuchanan.

18.InDecemberof1859,whatdidJohnBrowndo?Where?Why?Whatwastheresult?

19.WhatdidauthorHermanMelvillecallJohnBrown?

20.AfterJohnBrown,Southernersbegantoworryaboutthenorthagitatingslavestomurder themintheirbeds.WhatweremoreandmorepeopletalkingaboutdoingintheSouth?

21.WhatarethreequalitiesaboutAbrahamLincolnmentionedinthefilm?

22.PleaselistallofthestatesthateventuallysecedefromtheUnion.

23.WhobecamepresidentoftheConfederacy?

24.DESCRIBEwhathappenedonApril12,1861at4:30a.m.

25.HowdidtheNorth(Union)respond?

26.PleasecomparethepopulationoftheUnionandConfederacy.

27.PleasecomparetheindustrialoutputoftheUnionandConfederacy.

28.ExplainhowRobertE.LeebecametheleaderoftheConfederateArmy.

29.WhataretwowaysinwhichLincolnviolatedtheConstitution?

30.DescribetheBattleatManassas(alsoknownasBullRun).

31.DescribeAfricanAmericansparticipationintheCivilWarinthefirstyear.