1. Compare and contrast Northern and Southern populations, industries, resources and goals in the Civil War. In your response, break down the advantages and disadvantages of both the North and the South by evaluating the each side’s population, industry, resources, and goals for the Civil War.
2. How did the 1860 election lead to the breakup of the Union? In your response, identify the winner of the election and the winner’s goals for the United States. Describe how those goals were interpreted by the South. Why did secession lead to the Civil War?
3. Using Abraham Lincoln’s quotation below, explain President Lincoln’s goal in fighting the Civil War. Explain the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation and when it was written. Analyze why Lincoln did NOT free all enslaved African-Americans. “If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. “ --Abraham Lincoln, August 22, 1862, quoted in Carl Sandburg, Abraham Lincoln.
4. Use the chart below or the original to answer the following question. What was life like in the United States after the enormous loss of life and expenses of the war? Based on the information about the human costs of the war, which side had more casualties during the war? Why do you think that is? What were the political costs to South after losing the war? Why do you think that is? Compare the monetary costs of both the north and the South and determine which side had more monetary costs in the war. Why do you think that is?
2 answers