Testing the Will of the People, North and South
1. What did the Constitution mean to
Democrats during the election of 1864, and why did they repeatedly assert their
fidelity to it in their party platform?
2. Why might Confederates draw hope
from the Democratic platform?
3. Where in the Republican platform
might one find signs that the Union was turning toward a "destructive war" against Southern
institutions?
4. What key differences distinguish
Sherman's "Special Field Orders, No. 120", issued at the outset of his march to the
sea, from Lee's "General Orders, No. 73", regarding the 1863 invasion of
Pennsylvania?
5. Why was Sherman convinced that
Southern whites must "feel the hard hand of war"?
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