Civil War Webquest

Leadership

Go to: http://library.thinkquest.org/3055/netscape/people/peopleindex.html

Choose one Northern leader and one Southern leader. List 5 facts about each.

Northern leader-






Southern leader-






Uniforms

Go to: http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/CivilWar/Uniforms.htm

What color were Union uniforms?


What color were Confederate uniforms?


Food (Hardtack)

Go to: http://www.geocities.com/shalomcomputerschool/civilwar2.htm

What are the ingredients in hardtack?




Why did the US government give hardtack to its soldiers?





African Americans

Go to: http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/history/aa_history.htm

About how many African Americans fought in the Civil War?



Scroll down to the last paragraph. Approximately how many of the African Americans who fought died in the Civil War?


Write three facts about African Americans in the Civil War.






Women in the Civil War

CLARA BARTON – Go to: http://www2.lucidcafe.com/lucidcafe/library/95dec/barton.html

What were some of Clara Barton's jobs?




Read the second paragraph. What did Clara Barton do during the Civil War?



What was Clara Barton’s nickname during the Civil War?


BELLE BOYD – Go to: http://www.civilwarhome.com/boydbio.htm

What did Belle Boyd do during the Civil War?





ELIZABETH VAN LEW – Go to: http://www.nps.gov/malw/vanlew.htm

What did Elizabeth Van Lew do during the Civil War?




What was written on her gravesite? What do you think this says about the kind of person she was?







EXTRA CREDIT: Civil War Slang

Go to: http://members.tripod.com/BooneBunny/slang.html

What is a "pie-eater"? Explain.



If someone is "sound on the goose," how would you describe him or her?