If you lived at the time of the Civil War / by Kay Moore ; illustrated by Anni Matsick

Author:: Moore, Kay, 1950-
Published:: New York : Scholastic Nonfiction, [2006]
Edition:: New and updated.
Physical Description:: 64 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 19 x 23 cm
Additional Creators:: Matsick, Anni

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Contents:

Introduction -- When was the Civil War fought? -- How did the war start? -- Why did the Southern states want to leave the Union? -- Which states left the Union? -- Which states stayed in the Union? -- Who fought in the Northern Army? -- Who fought in the Southern Army? -- What was the Union Army like? -- What was the Confederate Army like? -- Would you have seen a battle in the North? -- Would you have seen a battle in the South? -- Did your home life in the North change because of the war? -- Did your home life in the South change because of the war? -- Did you continue to go to school in the North? -- Did you continue to go to school in the South? -- Was it hard to get food in the North? -- Was it hard to get food in the South? -- How did you entertain yourself in the North? -- How did you entertain yourself in the South? -- How did you support the war in the North? -- How did you support the war in the South? -- How did you get news from the front lines in the North? -- How did you get news from the front lines in the South? -- Who were the famous people you would hear about in the North -- Who were the famous people you would hear about in the South? -- What words and expressions came from life in the North? -- What words and expressions came from life in the South? -- How did life in the North change after the war? -- How did life in the South change after the war? -- Places to visit.

Summary:

Describes conditions for the civilians in both North and South during and immediately after the war.

Subject(s):

United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Social aspects—Juvenile literature

ISBN:

0590454226
9780590454223

Collection:

Charles L. Blockson Collection of African Americana and the African Diaspora.

Note:

Originally published: New York : Scholastic, 1994.

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