Week 27: The Emancipation Proclamation and Lincoln's Assassination
Homeschooling moms must fill up their knowledge bank in order to give the best to their kids. The more mom knows, the better she can teach. Research these topics and share the general idea with younger kids. For older kids, you might invite them to pick a topic to research.
US Postage Commemorating the 100 Year Anniversary of the End of Civil War
Topics for Week 13
Emancipation Proclamation
Sherman's March to the Sea / Savannah Campaign
Appomattox Courthouse
Abraham Lincoln's Assassination
Discussion Questions
Emancipation Proclamation
At a meeting, "Lincoln told his Cabinet members that he had made a covenant with God, that if the Union drove the Confederacy out of Maryland, he would issue the Emancipation Proclamation." Source: Wikipedia What is a covenant?
Lincoln "gave a hundred days fair notice of my purpose [to free the slaves through the Emancipation Proclamation], to all the States and people, within which time they could have turned it wholly aside, by simply again becoming good citizens of the United States." Source: Wikipedia
How does this hundred days shift the responsibility for action to the Southern States? In what way did the Emancipation Proclamation turn the tide for the Northern army? Answer: The emotional energy to win the conflict solidified.
Sherman's March to the Sea / Savannah Campaign
When 10,000 liberated slaves followed Sherman's army, what did Sherman promise the refugees?
Appomattox Courthouse
This was the approximate location of the surrender of General Lee. Ely Parker copied the terms of surrender as secretary to General Grant.
What family saw the first Civil War battle begin on their property and the surrender happen in their front parlor? McLean
This is the subject of Ann Rinaldi's book In My Father's House which I felt was biased towards the Southern perspective.
Many people cursed Booth, Lincoln's killer, for bringing upon them the harsh revenge of an incensed North instead of the reconciliation promised by Lincoln.
How do you think the aftermath of the American Civil War would have been different if President Lincoln had remained President of the "Reunified" States?