To practice your web skills, to review the Civil War Era, and to prepare for your Quest of The Gilded Age, you will go on an electronic scavenger hunt. First, bookmark this page so that you can return to it from the site. You will need to remind yourself of the questions you are trying to answer. Then, click on the address below to begin the quest. Good luck!
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/cwphome.html
1. What month and year did the first southern state secede [leave] from the United States?
2. When and where did the first shots of the Civil War occur?
3. What happened on July 1, 1863?
4. What Union commander, in December of 1863, was able to fend off Confederate assaults in Knoxville?
5. What state was created during the Civil War because it did not wish to secede from the Union? When was this state admitted to the Union?
6. Find a photograph of John Hartranft reading the death warrant to the conspirators who killed the president.
7. How did Alexander Gardner use the camera to "lie"? [Hint: Look for "A Harvest of Death."] What did he want viewers to think about Confederate soldiers? What did he want viewers to think about Union soldiers? Which side was he on? How can you tell?
8. Late in the war, which Confederate General approached within 5 miles of Washington, D.C., but was driven back to Virginia?
9. Who was elected vice-president when Lincoln was reelected?
10. Find a photograph of "The Old Stone
House" after the fall of Richmond?