HI 231 - Civil War and Reconstruction

• identify major causes of the Civil War, as well as major battles, leaders, and the specific effects of the war;
• differentiate between proposals to eliminate slavery;
• differentiate between plans to initiate and avoid war;
• differentiate between various proposals for reconstruction;
• compare the leadership skills of various political and military leaders;
• explain the plight and roles of slaves and free blacks in the course of the war and reconstruction;
• appraise Lincoln’s application of the founding;
• explain the principles in both the preservation of the union and the freeing of the slaves;
• judge the rationale of the seceding states for leaving the union.
• evaluate the various plans for involving or limiting foreign intervention in the war; and
• compare and contrast the plight and roles of civilian populations in the North and the South during the war.