THE CIVIL WAR by Judy Dodge Cummings, Sam Carbaugh (Illus) ( 9781619306028 )

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Title:

THE CIVIL WAR
THE STRUGGLE THAT DIVIDED AMERICA

By:

Judy Dodge Cummings, Sam Carbaugh (Illus)

Format:

Hardback

List price:	£15.99
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ISBN 10:

1619306026

ISBN 13:

9781619306028

Publisher:

NOMAD PRESS

Pub. date:

1 November, 2017

Series:

Inquire & Investigate

Pages:

128

Description:

Synopsis:

Slavery or freedom? The question of whether to make the United States a slave country or to make all people free was the question that pitted the states against each other in a brutal battle. In The Civil War: Investigate the War Between the States, readers ages 12-15 explore this conflict through the eyes and ears of the men and women who were touched by the clash that left more than 700,000 soldiers dead. Following the American Revolution, slavery was enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. However, the United States still wrestled with whether it would be a country of slavery or grant freedom for all. The southern states relied on slavery's economic role, while the northern states, though also beneficiaries of the benefits of slavery, were closer to deciding that the institution should be outlawed. The rapid territorial expansion of the United States in the first half of the nineteenth century created a series of crises that upset the delicate balance of power between free and slave states, ultimately sparking the Civil War. President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862, sounding the death knell of slavery. This act permitted African-Americans to join the fight and enslaved people fled to Northern lines. The Confederacy lost slave labor, one of its greatest war weapons. The Union implemented a strategy of total war, which achieved victory, but only after shocking carnage. The Confederate army surrendered on April 9, 1865, but celebrations in the north were short-lived. A week later, President Lincoln was assassinated. The legacies of the Civil War are far reaching and include the abolition of slavery and the endurance of a unified nation. In The Civil War: Investigate the War Between the, readers follow in the footsteps of two young men, Elisha Hunt Rhodes and Sam Watkins. From opposite sides, these men fought for similar reasons-adventure, country, and freedom. Readers become myth busters as they examine primary source documents to prove slavery's role in causing the war and experience the life of a soldier as they evaluate patriotic music, design models of battlefield fortifications, and explore camp life. Other activities include calculating the mathematics of death and examining the role women played in providing medical care and on the home front. The Civil War was the central crisis in American history. The issues at the heart of the conflict-race, freedom, and citizenship-still resonate today.

Reader Age:

From 12 to 15 years

US Grade:

From Seventh Grade to Ninth Grade

Illustrations:

Bibliography; Index; Glossary; throughout; throughout; throughout; throughout

Publication:

Imprint:

Nomad Press

Returns:

Non-returnable

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