The Truth Marches On a Web Unit of The U.S. Civil War

            Focus Activity One:
         Civil War PowerPoint
            View "Pictures Tell the Story," a PowerPoint presentation of people and events
            of the U.S. Civil War.

          Focus Activity Two:
         Answer 15 of the following questions to learn more about the Civil War.

        1.  What is a civil war?
          2.  When and where did the U.S. Civil War begin?  When did it end?
          3.  What did the U.S. flag look like when the war started in 1861?
               (Draw or describe in words.)
               Did President Lincoln want the flag changed at the end of the war?
          4.  What were living conditions like for soldiers? What did soldiers eat?
          5.  Describe or draw one of the uniforms of a Union soldier.
          6.  Describe or draw one of the uniforms of a Confederate soldier.
          7.  How many soldiers died during the Civil War?
          8.  What crops were grown in the South?
          9.  What were economic conditions like in the North before the war?
               In the South before the war?
        10. Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?
        11. What is the Gettysburg Address?
        12. What was the Underground Railroad?
        13. Name and give the location of five of the major battles of the Civil War.
        14. Name some of the military leaders of the Confederate Army. Name
              some leaders of the Union Army.
        15. What states were on the side of the North?
              What states were on the side of the South?
        16. What type of weapons did soldiers use during the Civil War?
        17. Who was Clara Barton?
        18. Define the following terms: abolitionist, emancipation, and secession
        19. Who was John Brown and what did he do?
        20. What invention caused increased cotton production and demand
              for slaves?