The Civil War… Continued

Entry 1 - 1/27/2026 - Ol Blue Ch 11 Pg 368

  1. Why did the Confederacy stop exchanging captured soldiers?

  2. What was Andersonville?

  3. Why is the Battle of Gettysburg considered a turning point of the war?

Entry 2 - 1/28/2026 - Gettysburg Address

Read the address and answer these questions.

  1. When does Lincoln give this speech?

  2. What happened “Four score and seven years ago”?

  3. How many times does Lincoln use the word “nation”?

  4. How many times does Lincoln repeat the words, “we” and “us”?

  5. Why is Lincoln at the battlefield? (what are they there to dedicate?)

  6. What is the “unfinished work” he mentions?

1/29/2026 - Assignment

Civil War Battles

Entry 3 - 1/30/2026 - Ol Blue Ch 11 Pg 379

  1. What was Sherman’s goal during his famous March to the Sea?

  2. Who ran against Lincoln in the election of 1864?

  3. What was the 13th Amendment?

  4. Where did Robert E Lee surrender to Grant?

Reconstruction Era

Entry 4 - 2/2/2026 - Ol Blue Ch 12 Pg 387

  1. What was left of the Southern economy after the Civil War?

  2. Compare both Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction with the Radical Republicans.

  3. What was the Wade-Davis Bill?

  4. How was Lincoln able to prevent the bill from becoming a law?

Entry 5 - 2/3/2026 - Ol Blue Ch 12 Pg 380

  1. Who assassinated Lincoln?

  2. What was the Freedmen’s Bureau? Pg 389

  3. How did President Johnson change the plan for Reconstruction?

Wednesday 2/4/2026 - Assignment

Reconstruction WebQuest1

Video - Aftershock: Beyond the Civil War