US_Ch2_webquest-Civil-War

=**Civil War Web Quest**= Learn about the Civil War by watching the clips below and answer the questions that go along with each clip.

**1. Technology in the War**
Answer the following questions on new technology. media type="youtube" key="tui3_9yd6uc" width="560" height="315"
 * Why would tactics have to change due to the rifle?
 * How did railroads contribute to the Civil War/modern war?
 * What was the telegraph used for?
 * How did navies become more modern from the Civil War?

**2. Biggest Myth of the Civil War**
Answer the following question on the biggest myth of the Civil War. media type="youtube" key="AYyUP1MMjVc" width="560" height="315"
 * What is the biggest myth of the war?

**3. Lincoln's Most Pivotal Speech**
Answer the following question on Lincoln's most pivotal speech. media type="youtube" key="mOrdC0kQ2kc" width="560" height="315"
 * Which speech do the historians in the clip say is his most pivotal speech?
 * Why do they say this speech is the most pivotal?

**4. War's Political Turning Point**
Answer the following questions on the war's turning point. media type="youtube" key="8IQePLuvvhQ" width="560" height="315"
 * What was the political turning point according to the clip? (Gettysburg was the turning point BATTLE because after Gettysburg, the Confederacy was constantly being pushed back).
 * Why was this considered the turning point?
 * Do you agree that this was the major turning point? Why or why not?

**5. Grant vs. Lee**
Answer the following question on Grant vs. Lee media type="youtube" key="A-Yhv0BOPmw" width="560" height="315"
 * Based on the arguments, who would you rather have leading your army: Grant or Lee? Why?

**6. Confederate Bomb Plot**
Answer the following questions on a Confederate bomb plot. media type="youtube" key="TzZ7gcOiVDI" width="560" height="315"
 * Where did the Confederates plan a major bomb plot?
 * Why this site?
 * How was it possible to carry out such a target in 1865 but not today?
 * If successful, how would this have impacted the outcome of the war?

**7. Frederick Douglass**
Answer the following question on Frederick Douglass. media type="youtube" key="7j0jvj4e4XU" width="560" height="315"
 * Why was Frederick Douglass important to America?

**8. Legacy of the Civil War**
Answer the following question on legacy of the Civil War. media type="youtube" key="YQWHSKVRTgE" width="560" height="315"
 * In terms of the war's legacy, why was it worth four years of bloody conflict?

**9. Memorial Day**
media type="youtube" key="CRXrfs0f1Fo" width="560" height="315" Answer the following questions on Memorial Day
 * How does Memorial Day have its roots in the Civil War?
 * What was the original name of the holiday?
 * What event that cost over 100,000 American lives brought the North and South together in terms of honoring Memorial Day?

**10. Story of Clara Barton**
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 * Evaluation:** How did the Civil War improve America and what challenges would there be in the future as a result of the war?

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