Chapter#21
TheFurnaceoftheCivilWar,1861-1865
ChapterSynopsis:WhenPresidentLincolnissuedhiscalltothestatesforseventy-fivethousandmilitiamenon
April15,1861,heenvisionedthemservingforonlyninetydays.Reaffirminghislimitedwaraims,hedeclaredthat
hehad“nopurpose,directlyorindirectly,tointerferewithslaveryintheStateswhereitexists.’’Withaswift
flourishoffederalforce,hehopedtoshowthefollyofsecessionandrapidlyreturntherebelliousstatestothe
Union.Butthewarwastobeneitherbriefnorlimited.Whenthegunsfellsilentfouryearslater,hundredsof
thousandsofsoldiersonbothsideslaydead,slaverywasendedforever,andthenationfacedthechallengeof
reintegratingthedefeatedbutstillrecalcitrantSouthintotheUnion.
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Chapter#21-TheFurnaceoftheCivilWar,1861-1865
1.BullRunEndsthe"NinetyDayWar”
WhateffectdidtheBattleofBullRunhaveonNorthandSouth?
2.ThePivotalPoint:Antietam
Explainthesubheading
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3.AProclamationWithoutEmancipation
Explainthesubheading
4.BlacksBattleBondage
African-AmericanswerecriticalinhelpingtheNorthwintheCivilWar.Assess.
5.Lee'sLastLungeatGettysburg
WhywasGettysburgasignificantbattle?
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6.ShermanScorchesGeorgia
HowdidShermanattempttodemoralizetheSouth?
7.ThePoliticsofWar
DescribeLincoln’spoliticaldifficultiesduringthewar.
8.TheElectionof1864
WhatfactorscontributedtoLincoln'selectoralvictory?
9.TheAftermathoftheNightmare
WhatwasthelegacyoftheCivilWar?
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