Civilian Life (North & South)
Leadership & Government Response
Emancipation Proclamation
African American Roles in the War
Primary Sources & Historical Thinking
100

This group often took over farms, factories, and households while men were away fighting.

Who are women and children?

100

He was the President of the United States during the Civil War.

He was the President of the United States during the Civil War.

100

This document was issued in 1863.  

What is the Emancipation Proclamation?

100

About how many African Americans served in the Union Army?  

What is more than 180,000?

100

A diary, letter, or speech from the Civil War is called this type of source.

What is a primary source?  

200

This economic problem caused prices to rise quickly, especially in the Confederacy.

What is inflation?

200

This Confederate general led the Army of Northern Virginia.  

Who is Robert E. Lee?

200

The Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved people only in these areas.

What are Confederate states in rebellion?

200

African American soldiers often faced this unfair treatment compared to white soldiers.

What is lower pay, discrimination, or harsher conditions?

200

What can civilian diaries tell historians about the Civil War?

What is daily life, emotions, hardships, and personal perspectives?

300

Name one major hardship civilians faced during the Civil War.

What are food shortages, destruction of property, loss of family members, or labor shortages?

300

Name one action the federal government took to support the war effort.

What are issuing a draft, raising taxes, printing money, or expanding federal power?

300

Why didn’t the Emancipation Proclamation free enslaved people in border states?  

What is because those states were loyal to the Union and Lincoln wanted to keep their support?

300

Name one role African Americans played during the Civil War besides fighting.

What are laborers, nurses, spies, cooks, or support workers?

300

Why are primary sources important to understanding history?

What is they provide firsthand accounts and real perspectives from the time?

400

Why did many Southern civilians struggle more than Northern civilians by the end of the war?

What is because of Union blockades, destroyed infrastructure, reliance on agriculture, and loss of enslaved labor?

400

Why was leadership important during the Civil War?  

What is leaders made military decisions, managed resources, maintained morale, and shaped the war’s outcome?

400

Name one military advantage of the Emancipation Proclamation.

What is weakening the Confederacy or allowing African Americans to join the Union Army?

400

Why was African American military service significant?

What is it demonstrated bravery, loyalty, and a claim to citizenship?

400

How does the Emancipation Proclamation reflect Lincoln’s leadership style?

How does the Emancipation Proclamation reflect Lincoln’s leadership style?

500

Explain one way the Civil War changed daily life for civilians in both the North and South.

Explain one way the Civil War changed daily life for civilians in both the North and South.

500

Evaluate Lincoln’s leadership: give one reason it was effective or controversial

What is preserving the Union, issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, expanding executive power, or handling dissent?

500

Explain how emancipation changed the purpose of the Civil War.

What is it shifted the war from preserving the Union to also ending slavery?

500

Explain how African American service strengthened arguments for civil rights after the war.

What is because they fought and sacrificed for the nation, proving they deserved equal rights?

500

How did the Civil War redefine freedom and citizenship in the United States?

How did the Civil War redefine freedom and citizenship in the United States?

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