America's Civil War
History 393
Study Questions
Professor John C. Willis
 
 
Trouble on the Homefronts

 

1.  How would you characterize the "peacable man's" assessment of the Union's war-time leadership? 

2.  What factors may have emboldened Gen. McClellan to instruct Abraham Lincoln on a president's duties during war? 

3.  What complicated enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in the Southern states? 



You may wish to visit this Library of Congress site, Mr. Lincoln's Virtual Library, for added insight into the Emancipation Proclamation.