Chapter 14 discussion questions
1. What made the American Civil War the first modern war?
mass armies confronted each other wielding weapons created by the industrial
revolution
2. Describe how President Lincoln's war aims evolved between 1861 and 1863,
changing from simply preserving the Union to also ending slavery.
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all slaves in
areas under rebellion
3. How did the actions of slaves themselves, as well as northern military strategy
and the Emancipation Proclamation, combine to end slavery?
The actions of slaves to end slavery was by helping in the war effort as soldiers or in
the navy.
4. How did federal policies undertaken during the Civil War transform the United
States into a stronger nation-state-economically, politically, and ideologically?
The war restrained the Confederacy's bid for national independence and destroyed
the institution of slavery upon which it rested.
5. What was the impact of the Civil War on civil liberties?
The war restrained the Confederacy's bid for national independence and
destroyed the institution of slavery upon which it rested.
