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008			170319t20172017vtuab j b 001 0 eng d
040			_aBTCTA _beng _erda _cBTCTA _dYDX _dBDX _dCHILD _dCLE _dNFG
020			_a9781619306066
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020			_a9781619306028
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035			_a(OCoLC)978287606
092			_a973.7 _bC971
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aCummings, Judy Dodge, _eauthor. _9246605
245	1	4	_aThe Civil War : _bthe struggle that divided America / _cJudy Dodge Cummings ; illustrated by Sam Carbaugh.
264		1	_aWhite River Junction, VT : _bNomad Press, _c[2017]
264		4	_c©2017
300			_a120 pages : _billustrations (some color), map ; _c26 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aInquire & investigate
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 115-118) and index.
520			_aIn The Civil War: The Struggle that Divided America, readers 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: The Struggle that Divided America, 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.`
521	1		_aAges 12-15.
521	0		_aGuided reading level: Z+
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yCivil War, 1861-1865 _vJuvenile literature. _986883
655		7	_aIllustrated works. _2lcgft _94636
700	1		_aCarbaugh, Samuel, _eillustrator. _9169475
830		0	_aInquire and investigate. _9251429
994			_aC0 _bNFG
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