Transcript dbq civil war pdb-3x

Document Based Questions
Why did soldiers fight in the American Civil
War during the years 1861-1865?
Doc. A
(1863) Field
of
Gettysburg,
July 1st, 2nd
& 3rd, 1863
Prepared by
T. Ditterline.
Retrieved
from
http://memor
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Doc. B
Baker & Godwin, NY. ca. 1863.
Forward, volunteers! Take the
bounties while the opportunity lasts!
The draft is inevitable. It can't be
shirked. Enlist in Duryea's Zouaves
Second Battalion, 19th Ward,
Brooklyn. [Poster]. Retrieved from
http://memory.loc.gov/cgibin/query/r?ammem/cwnyhs:@fiel
d%28DOCID+@lit%28ac03143%29
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Poster Analysis Worksheet
1.
What are the main colors used in the poster?
2.
What symbols (if any) are used in the poster?
3.
If a symbol is used, is it
a.clear (easy to interpret)? ________________________
b.memorable? _________________________________
c.dramatic? ___________________________________
4.
Are the messages in the poster primarily visual, verbal, or both?
5.
Who do you think is the intended audience for the poster?
6.
What does the Government hope the audience will do?
7.
What Government purpose(s) is served by the poster?
8.
The most effective posters use symbols that are unusual, simple, and direct. Is this an
effective poster?
Retrieved from http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/worksheets/poster.html
Doc. C
(January 1862) 24 Weeks on the Potomac
SUMMARY
Larger than life Union and Confederate generals, [McClellan and Beauregard]
each seated leisurely in a chair with drink nearby, view each other through
telescopes. They are separated by a river, on each side military camps are set up,
and soldiers throw stones across the river at each other.
Doc. D
Moore, H. P. (c.1863). U.S.S. "Wabash." After pivot gun. X in. Dahlgren. Retrieved from http://memory.loc.gov/cgibin/query/r?ammem/cwnyhs:@field%28DOCID+@lit%28aa020 05%29%29
SUMMARY
Sailors surrounding large gun on deck of ship, officers stand above them on raised deck.
NOTES
From "U. S. Navy. Edisto Island. Morris and Folly Islands. Fort Warren, Mass. Andersonville Prison, Miscellaneous." photographic album, p 48
(Naval).
Series: Photographs of the War of the Rebellion
Doc. E
Gettysburg Address
1. For what occasion
did Lincoln give this speech?
2. What is the mood
of Lincoln's speech?
3. What reaction is Lincoln
trying to provoke from the
audience?
4. What is Lincoln defending in
this speech?
5. Why does this speech
resonate with Americans
today?
Doc. F
Volck, A. J. (1864).
Caricature of
Lincoln writing the
Emancipation
Proclamation in V.
Blada's War
Sketches. Retrieved
from
http://www.loc.gov
/exhibits/treasures/
trm189.html.
Doc. G
A letter from President Lincoln
that appears on the front page
of the August 25, 1862, New
York Times was written in
response to Horace Greeley's
New York Tribune (August 20,
1862) editorial entitled "The
Prayer of Twenty Millions," in
which he beseeched the
President to free the slaves at
once. The Times, one of the
leading Republican papers of
the country, was unwavering in
its determination that the
Federal union should be
preserved. It is not surprising
that Lincoln sent his letter to
the New York Times for
publication.
Emancipation or Preservation of
the Union?
The New York Times
(New York, August 25, 1862)
Retrieved from
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treas
ures/trm080.html
Doc. H
Washington, District of Columbia. Maimed soldiers and others before office of U.S. Christian Commission (1865 Apr.).
Retrieved from http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/cwp2003006397/PP/
Washington, District of Columbia. Maimed soldiers and others before office of U.S. Christian Commission
•Divide the photo into quadrants and discuss the people you see in each part.
•How does this photo show how life was different for Americans after the war?
•What questions do you have about the image/title?
Doc. I
Barnard, George N. 1862. Departure from the
old homestead. Retrieved from
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpb.00943
Doc. J
To the patriotic women of Philadelphia. A
meeting of the ladies of the City of Philadelphia
will be held this day, at 4 o'clock, P. M., at the
School Room, in Tenth Street ... to devise
means to give aid and comfort to our noble
soldiers
Philadelphia, 1861.
Doc. K
Fitzburg, L. (c.1910). Map of the Confederate States of
America. Days of long ago: half century Confederate memorial.
Retrieved from http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.ndlpcoop/glva01.lva00071
Map is surrounded by portraits of Jefferson Davis and Generals
Lee, Gordon, Jackson, Beauregard, J. E. Johnston, A. S.
Johnston, Stuart, Hood, and Longstreet and pictures of
Confederate money and postage stamps, the Virginia capitol
building, war memorials, the flags of the Confederacy and a
certificate of military service in the Civil War with blanks to be
filled in.
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