Please look over the following topics. Choose a topic that you would like to know more about…one that interests you.
Only two students per class will be allowed to conduct research on the same topic.
You will sign up for your topic of choice during class time.
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What were the causes of the Civil War? How did slavery evolve as an issue that led to war? How were politics involved?
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How did people in the North and South form opinions on the war? How did both sides rally support? How did two presidents—Lincoln and Davis—motivate the Union and
Confederacy?
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How did the war impact America, both immediately and in the long term? Choose from the following topics related to this questions:
1.
technology
2.
African Americans
3.
women and children
4.
politics and government
5.
divisions: family, churches, friendships, businesses
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Does your family have a Civil War story? What about your community? Look into narratives (stories), census data, population shifts, economic production, etc.
 Military issues…choices are:
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transportation systems (Union and Confederacy)
2.
communications networks (Union and Confederacy)
3.
supply chains (Union and Confederacy)
4.
hospitals and POW camps required to keep both the Union and Confederate armies operating during war
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How did the Civil War expand the powers of the federal government?
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How did Abraham Lincoln define his role as a wartime president?
 What changes did the Civil War cause…changes to state governments? Changes to
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Congressional power? Changes to individual rights?
How did the government mobilize its resources to care for veterans after the war?