Analyze the Civil War 1861-1865 from MULTIPLE perspectives — Union + Confederate + enslaved-people-becoming-free + USCT 180,000 + women + Indigenous-nations-on-both-sides + immigrant soldiers — covering major battles + Emancipation Proclamation + Gettysburg + Sherman's March + Appomattox + Lincoln assassination + Juneteenth
Exercise
Difficulty 2
~6 min
hist.g8.f.ex_26
Short Answer
Prompt
What were Sherman's Special Field Orders No. 15 Jan 16 1865? Who rescinded them?
How it's presented
mode
text
Answer criteria
type
rubric
criteria
- Set aside SC+GA+FL Sea Islands and coastal land (~400,000 acres) for exclusive Black settlement in 40-acre plots ('40 acres and a mule')
- 40,000+ Black families settled the land Jan-May 1865
- President Andrew Johnson rescinded fall 1865 + returned land to former Confederate owners
Hints
- '40 acres and a mule' phrase originates here.
- Per Foner 1988 the 'first betrayal of Reconstruction.'
Misconceptions to watch
- Confusing SFO 15 with 13th Amendment OR Freedmen's Bureau
Used in lessons