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Reading Questions – Unit Six: From Gettysburg to Lincoln’s Re-election

Battle Cry of Freedom, p. 591 - 611
1.	Who was Clement Vallandigham and what did he advocate? How did he illustrate the political divisions in the Union? What happened to him? (p. 591 – 598)
2.	How did Lincoln defend criticism of his approach to civil liberties? (P. 598 – 599)
3.	Explain how the Union draft worked and the ways to get out of it. (p. 600 – 611)
4.	What is the truth to the accusation that it was a “rich man’s war and a poor man’s fight” in the North? How was this slogan used to inflame feeling in the North? (p. 600 – 611)
p. 611-626
5.	How did conscription, taxes and impressments work in the South and how did these three issues lead to the perception there that it was a “rich man’s war and a poor man’s fight?” (p. 611 – 623)
6.	What evidence is there of dissension in the Confederacy? (p. 613 -614)
7.	What were the causes of the South’s food crisis? What was the reaction of the citizenry and the government?(p. 611 – 620)
8.	Why did both sides look the other way while illegal trading across lines was going on? Explain how the illegal trade worked and efforts that were taken to stop it. (p. 620-625)
p. 684 - 698
9.	Summarize the political information about the elections of 1863 and how they showed that the tide was turning in Northern opinion. Make sure you know who Clement Vallandigham and George W. Woodward were as well as the Massachusetts 54^th. (p. 684-688)
10.	Make a list of all the evidence of opposition there was to the Davis government in the Confederacy. (p. 689-698)
11.	Who was William W. Holden and what were his proposals regarding the war? How did Zebulon Vance defeat him in the gubernatorial election in North Carolina in 1864? (p. 695-698)
Readings on Fort Pillow
12.	Read the reports from the Confederates General Nathan B. Forrest and General Chalmers on the taking of Fort Pillow. Then read the report from the two Union survivors. What differences are there in the reports in the tone and facts reported? Which do you believe and why? What do these documents reveal about Forrest’s character and leadership?
p. 698 - 713
13.	Summarize Lincoln’s thinking that underlay his concept of Reconstruction. What was in his plan of Amnesty and Reconstruction? (p. 698 – 702)
14.	What happened to Reconstructions efforts in Louisiana? (p. 703 – 705)
15.	McPherson discusses four issues that divided Republicans over how Reconstruction should be done. List and explain those four issues. (p. 706-709)
16.	What was in the Wade-Davis bill and why did Lincoln pocket veto it? (p.. 712 – 713)
p. 713 – 717
17.	Make an annotated timeline of events leading to Lincoln’s renomination. (p. 713 – 717)
Republican and Democratic Party Platforms
18.	Read the Republican Party platform. What issues does it focus on? What does it tell you about the state of politics in 1864?
19.	Read the Democratic Party platform. What issues does it focus on? Why is this platform going to turn out to be an albatross for McClellan?
pp. 760 - 773
20.	Briefly summarize what happened with the peace negotiations in 1864. Why did they break down? (p. 760 -770)
21.	How did the Democrats in the North bridge the gap between peace and war as they prepared for the election of 1864? (p. 771 – 73)
pp. 788 - 806
22.	How did the Democrats use appeals to racism and why did these tactics not succeed? (p. 788 – 791)
23.	Why did the POW cartel break down and what was the result? ( p. 792 – 799)
24.	What reasons does the book give for the conditions at Andersonville? (p. 799 – 802)
25.	Analyze why Lincoln won the election of 1864. (p. 803 – 806)