Reading Guide for Week Thirteen Text: Divine, Chapter 15,
4/18/00 Special Topics: The Republican Party and the South Total
War: Sherman and the South Answer one of the following text
questions: Primary Source Assignment: What was the significance
of Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860? What advantages and
disadvantages did the North and the South bring with them into
the Civil War? What was the impact of the Civil War on the role
of the federal government in American life? Read both Lincoln's
address and the accompanying newspaper comment before addressing
the ensuing questions. Lincoln's First Inaugural Address, March
7, 1861 Newspaper Comment on Lincoln's Address Enquirer, March
7, 1861 York Tribune, March 9, 1861 Va., Spectator, March 12,
1861, page 2, column 3, "Lincoln's Inaugural" Answer at least
two of the following primary For more information about the
secession crisis, What was the status of the Union when Lincoln
gave his first inaugural address? What did Lincoln propose to do
about the status of th