Class Recap 1/23, 1/24

Yesterday in class, we focused on primary documents written between March of 1864 and March of 1865. They were from different viewpoints of people involved in the Civil War, including Davis, Sumner and Lincoln. We discussed why the North had the advantage and what the South did not have going for them. By this point in the war, it was pretty clear that the North was going to win, and this begins the ideas of reconstruction vs restoration. It was interesting to look at how the war had shifted over the years, and now looking at how Lincoln wants to stay in office and campaigning for his spot. Today in class, we talked about the articles we read last night at home. They were interesting to read because primary documents help to almost put you into the time frame itself. After talking about the rest of the documents, we listened to a podcast that talked about whether or not slavery was "the" cause of the Civil War or only "a" cause of the war. Even though it was a dry piece of listening material, the idea was sound. Was slavery the only cause of the war or just part of it? It is a debate still going on today, and even in our own history classes. The past two days were educational and revolved around reading documents.