History Department      

History/Religion 345 – RELIGION IN AMERICA – October 19, 2005  

SLAVERY AND THE CIVIL WAR  

TERMS TO KNOW:  

Be sure you know the main points from our SIX Mathison readings!

  1. Lincoln’s letter to Speed (1855)
  2. “An Address to Christians Throughout the World” (1863)
  3. “President Davis seeks God’s Aid” (1864)
  4. Lincoln’s “Second Inaugural” (1864)
  5. “Address at the Raising of the Flag over Fort Sumter” (1865)
  6. “A Confederate Chaplain” (1867)

QUESTIONS:  

The Civil War is often described as “the” crucial event in American history, certainly as important as the Revolution itself.   Not only did the Civil War preserve the Union, but it transformed American society even more dramatically than the Revolution had done.  But – what’s religion got to do with it?  Based on the evidence above, explain just HOW religion affected and was affected by the Civil War.

 

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