Race and Civil War
Research Pathfinder
Ms. Robak
U.S. History

Civil War Research Paper

The Civil War is the point in history that Americans accurately describe as the time when slavery ended. Although slavery was no longer a legal institution in the United States, many problems still existed between white Americans and African Americans. Your research for this assignment must answer the following question:

What role did race play in the Civil War and its aftermath?

To answer this questions, you may selct one of the four sub-topics below:

*The role of the African Americans in the war effort
*Abraham Lincoln's personal views on race.
*The Emancipation Proclamation's function and purpose.
*Evaluating the black reconstruction governments.

@Silver Lake Regional High School Library

Use Spectrum to search for books on your topic. We have a large collection of books on the Civil War. Below is a small sample of books that have been placed on reserve for your class. Not all books on the Civil War have been placed on reserve and those books on reserve will be available for check out after April 13, 2009.. Reference books will always be available for use in the library.

973.7 CAT The Civil War by Bruce Cotton
973.7 COM Fifty Civil War Documents
973.7 FOO The Civil War, A Narrative by Shelby Foote
973.7 KIR The Civil War and Reconstruction by Joe H. Kirchberger
973.7 RAN The Civil War and Reconstruction by J. G. Randall
973.7 ROZ Slavery As a Cause of the Civil War by Edwin Rozwenc

@Silver Lake Regional High School Library Online
www.slrsd.org/slrhs/library

QUALITY ARTICLES In Our Database Library
    Use these databases at home with the password list available at the library circulation desk
ABC-CLIO American Government, American History, Ancient History, World History,Social Studies ebooks
Biography Resource Center Biography
eLibrary   Magazines, newspapers, books, transcripts, maps, pictures, and AV files
Gale Student Resource Center biographical, health, literary criticism, business, and professional articles
Grolier General Information
Infotrac  General, biographical, health, literary criticism, business, and professional articles
CQ Researcher   Current issues and opinions - society, environment, health, education, and science
Newsbank Back issues of the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Cape Cod Times
Opposing Viewpoints

Stop by the library to pick up the password list or log-in to MassONE and visit the SLRHS Library workgroup.

@Suggested Websites

History Sites

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Pre Civil War Reform
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/teachers/module6/index.html

Slavery
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/teachers/module7/index.html

The Civil War
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/teachers/module10/index.html

Reconstruction
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/teachers/module11/index.html

Letters from America's War
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/collection/battlelines/index_good.html



Fordham University
Internet Modern History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html

Writing and Citation Sites

Site your sources using the Chicago Manual of Style

Chicago Manual of Style
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html

Knight Cite
http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/index.php

Landmark Citation Maker
http://citationmachine.net/

To help organize your research, check out the sites below:

A+ Research and Writing

Big 6

@Your Local Library

There are many students working on this project. Make sure you visit your public library for more resources. Below are links to the public libraries. With your library card, you can reserve books right from your computer or make use of the databases provided by the public libraries.

Holmes Public Library (Halifax) - Kingston Public Library - Plympton Public Library
Boston Public Library (sign-up for a free eCard)

4/9/09 Ms. Robak
SLRHS Library