Chapter XII: Suggested Topics for Further Discussion

(1) Could the Civil War have been avoided? If so, how? If not, why not?

(2) What concrete goals was each side trying to attain in that war?

(3) How did North and South differ in way of life?

(4) List, in parallel columns, the viewpoints of each side on such
important issues as slavery, states' rights, nationalism, etc.

(5) In what ways was the Civil War unlike any other war?

(6) What different military strategy might the North have employed?

(7) What different military strategy might the South have employed?

(8) What do you consider as the climactic moment of the war?

(9) Compare the structure and personnel of the two respective
governments.

(10) What effect did the war have on homefronts North and South?

(11) What five wartime inventions do you consider most important?

(12) Prepare short reports on medicine, religion, slavery, and women in
the war.

(13) Compare Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis, both as men and as
presidents.

(14) Compare soldiers of the 1860's with modern "GI's."

(15) Could the South have won the Civil War? Prove your answer.

(16) Who is your favorite Civil War figure? Why?

(17) Discuss the best book you have read on the Civil War from the
standpoint of information, readability, and interest.

(18) Exactly what national questions did the Civil War solve?

(19) How did Northerner, Southerner, and Negro each benefit from the
war?

(20) What problems, present in the Civil War, remain unsolved today?

U. S. CIVIL WAR CENTENNIAL COMMISSION

(Established by Public Law 85-305)

OFFICERS AND MEMBERS

_Ex Officio_

Honorable John F. Kennedy
_President of the United States_

Honorable Lyndon B. Johnson
_Vice President of the United States_

Honorable John W. McCormack
_Speaker of the House of Representatives_

_Officers_

Dr. Allan Nevins
_Chairman_

Congressman Fred Schwengel
_Vice Chairman_

_Executive Committee_

Dr. Bell I. Wiley, _Chairman_
Mr. Alvin L. Aubinoe
Mr. W. Norman Fitzgerald, Jr.
Mr. Conrad L. Wirth
Senator Ralph Yarborough

_Members_

Senator Clinton P. Anderson
Mrs. Consuelo N. Bailey
Congressman Emilio Daddario
Mr. Bruce Catton
Dr. Avery O. Craven
Hon. Roy K. Davenport
Congressman Carl Elliott
Congressman George A. Goodling
Dr. John A. Krout
Dr. John W. Masland, Jr.
Dr. David C. Mearns
Mr. Aksel Nielsen
Mr. William S. Paley
Senator Hugh Scott
Senator John G. Tower

Transcriber's Notes

--Silently corrected a few typos.

--Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook
is public-domain in the country of publication.

--In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by
_underscores_.

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