U.S. History Interactive/Instruction Board: Continuity and Change in the Twentieth Century

Parkview’s U.S. History Interactive/Instruction Discussion Board provides interaction between the students and the instructor in order to discuss, understand, clarify and evaluate topics related to the major turning points in American history. We will follow our nation’s beginnings to modern times according to the Common Core Reading and Writing Standards for History and the California State Standards.

Thursday, November 7, 2019

The Civil War: An Online Exhibit

Directions: The Civil War emancipated the slaves and preserved the Union at great cost to American lives. The political and moral convictions that fueled the war were so deep that men and women risked their lives. View actual documents reflective of the core issues surrounding the Civil War by going to an online exhibit at: Discovering The Civil War: Online Exhibit Look at the section called: Endings and Beginnings. Answer the questions below. Post your responses. Respond to a classmates post.

Union General Ulysses S. Grant

Confederate General Robert E. Lee

Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston

African American Drummer Boy

Questions:

After the War, how did the South begin to rebuild itself economically? Describe the problems it faced in accepting equal rights for freed slaves?

How did former slaves begin to shape their lives as free people?

Describe the role the Federal Government played in rebuilding the South politically?

In what ways did government not fully support the freedoms of the former slaves?

What do you think should have been done to ameliorate the lives of former slaves?