UNIT 4 CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS
Critical Thinking Questions
1. Please summarize the roles of African Americans in the Civil War.
2. What was President Lincoln's goal for compensated emancipation? What did the slave
states think of this proposal?
3. What is the difference between a free labor system and slavery?
4. In what ways do you think the idea of banning slavery felt threatening to many in the
South?
5. Why do you think that westward expansion is important in the study of African-American
history?
