Internet Quiz and Tour Guide Exercise
Events Leading to and Causes of the War
Abolition and Abolitionists
Lincoln
Women
African-Americans
The North and West
The South
Battles, Military, and Warfare Resources
Social History of the Civil War
General Civil War Resources
Texas and the Civil War
Maps
Where to Learn More: Virtual Tours
Reconstruction
DIRECTIONS: Answer the following questions using the link(s) provided. The link will lead you to a page that contains the answer. On some lengthy pages, you will discover the "Find" option on your browser to be quite useful. Click on "Edit" at the top of your screen. Then, go to "Find." Type the general topic for your search. Correct answers are 4 points each (25=100=A+). Place the answers on your own paper. Make a numbered, vertical list of answers for easy grading.
- What did Frederick Douglass do during the Civil War?
- Who was Levi Coffin?
- Where would you go to look for John Brown's ghost?
- Who wrote Six Months in Kansas?
- What does the Emancipation Proclamation say about Texas?
- The song John Brown's Body was originally about whom?
- Where is "Stonewall" Jackson's arm?
- Who were the commanders of Fort Sumter and Charleston troops?
- How many names are inscribed on the African-American Civil War Memorial in Washington D.C.?
- How many African-Americans served in the Union Army?
- Who was E.B. Root and how did he die?
- What was the Disaster at Dove Creek?
- Who was Richard Dowling?
- List two locations of Civil War battles in Arkansas.
- Whose portrait appeared on the first Confederate postal stamp?
- Why were the first and second Confederate flags changed?
- Describe one of the photos of the First Battle of Bull Run at the Library of Congress.
- What happened this week in the Civil War?
- Who was Rosanna Dyer Osterman?
- What exhibits can be found at the Port Columbus Civil War Naval Center?
- How many companies were in the 6th Texas Infantry?
- Where was the Battle of the Middle Boggy fought?
- How old was Johnny Clem when he entered the army?
- What are the ingredients in "War Coffee"?
- Who are Daisy Anderson and Alberta Martin?
- What did William Sherman give to Abraham Lincoln in 1864?
- What did Bishop John Quinlan do during the Civil War?
- Why was Jones County, Mississippi infamous during the Civil War?
INSTRUCTIONS: Using the resources listed under Virtual Tours or other sites you locate, design a Civil War tour using at least ten different locations. Publish a webpage with a detailed written description of the tour including what you would tell your travelers during the tour (i.e. your tour guide script) with appropriate links to internet information. 30 points per page.
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