A Short History of the United States for School Use Part 52

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-- 400.--_a_. Explain carefully the plan of the campaign to Corinth Why was Corinth important?

_b_. What quality in Grant was conspicuous at s.h.i.+loh?

-- 401.--_a_. What was Bragg's object in invading Kentucky? How far did he succeed? Why was Chattanooga important?

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---- 402, 403.--_a_. What is a blockade? What was the effect of the blockade on the South?

_b_. Had sea power been in Southern hands, could the Union have been saved?

_c_. Why was Charleston so difficult to capture? (Compare with the Revolutionary War.)

---- 405, 406.--_a_. What help did the Southerners hope to obtain from Great Britain and France? Why? How were their hopes disappointed?

_b_. What do you think of the action of the English mill operatives?

_c_. Describe the Trent Affair. What do you think of Lincoln's action?

Did the British government act wisely?

---- 406, 407.--_a_. What had the Republican party declared about slavery in the states? What had Lincoln said in his inaugural?

_b_. How had the war altered Lincoln's power as President?

_c_. Why was it necessary for Lincoln to follow Northern sentiment?

_d_. What is contraband of war? How were the slaves contraband?

---- 408, 409.--_a_. What steps had already been taken by Congress toward freeing the slaves?

_b_. How was the Emanc.i.p.ation Proclamation justified? Upon what would its enforcement depend?

_c_. What slave states were not affected by this proclamation?

_d_. How was slavery as an inst.i.tution abolished throughout the United States?

---- 410, 411.--_a_. Why was not the North united upon this war?

_b_. What is the force of the writ of _habeas corpus_? Why is it so important?

_c_. What was the "draft," and why was it necessary?

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---- 412-415.--_a_. Explain the position of the armies at the beginning of 1863.

_b_. Why was the conquest of Vicksburg so difficult? How was it finally captured?

_c_. What effect did the control of the Mississippi have upon the Confederacy?

-- 416.--_a_. What was Lee's object in invading Pennsylvania?

_b_. What position did the Union army keep as regards the Confederates?

---- 417-419.--_a_. Describe the battle-field of Gettysburg. Why was the battle so important?

_b_. Describe in detail the princ.i.p.al events of each day of the battle.

_c_. Learn Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address." How was this ground hallowed? What was the great task before the people?

---- 420, 421.--_a_. Describe the battle of Chickamauga. Review Thomas's services up to this time.

_b_. Describe the three parts of the battle of Chattanooga.

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---- 422, 423.--_a_. How had Grant shown his fitness for high command? Was it wise to have one man in command of all the armies? Why?

_b_. Review Sherman's career up to this time. Why did Grant impose trust in him?

_c_. What was the result of Hood's attacks?

---- 424-426.--_a_. What was the real object of Sherman's march to the sea?

_b_. Describe the destruction of Hood's army. What does it show as to Thomas's ability?

_c_. What did Sherman's army accomplish on its way to the sea?

---- 427-430.--_a_. Compare the conditions of the two armies in Virginia.

Explain the advantages of the Confederates.

_b_. Describe the battle of the Wilderness, noting the conditions favorable to the Confederates.

_c_. Describe the movement to the James. What advantages had Grant not possessed by McClellan?

---- 431, 432.--_a_. Why was Petersburg important?

_b_. How did Lee try to compel the withdrawal of Grant? Why did he not succeed?

_c_. Describe Sheridan's work in the Shenandoah Valley. Read a short account of Sheridan's career to 1865, and state his services to the Union cause.

---- 433.--_a_. How had Sherman's victories affected the blockade?

_b_. What aid had Great Britain given to the Confederates? Why did she not give more a.s.sistance?

---- 434, 435.--_a_. How did Sherman's occupation of Raleigh affect Lee?

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