1) Make Inferences - How did you react to the images of first-time voters at the opening of this feature? What inferences can you draw about the people who make up America?|

2) One focus of this feature is the American flag as a symbol of the United States. Does that work
for you - do you find the flag a powerful symbol? If so, why? If not, what would you choose as a
meaningful symbol of your country?

3) Explore Identity - Based on what you have read in this American Story and on your own
experiences as an American, how would you describe American identity today? Do you think
it's important to think about identity? Why or why not?

4) Connect to Today - Enough with the questions. Your thoughts and feelings about the United
States are uniquely yours. Use the space below to comment on your identity as American,
your hopes for your life in this country, and anything else that seems important to you right now.

3. republican abraham lincoln

4. south carolina

5. charleston, south carolina

6. confederates

7. minie bullet - made defense even safer, it spun faster, traveled further and was five times more accurate than any single-man weapon. able to kill at half a mile, it was the largest contributor to battle wounds

      or the the gatling gun - the most successful of several rapid-fire guns that were born before the war. its efficiency in killing only made war more deadly.

idk which one u learned about. pick one.

8. the south was fighting to maintain its way of life, whereas the north was fighting to maintain a union. so they had will, and the north were fighing on unfamiliar territory

9. union had the large population, people to fight in the war and work in the factories to make war materials, industrial base, the factories to make these war materials. the union also was wealthier than the confederacy and could finance the war.

10. stonewall jackson

11. chancellorsville

12. gettysburg

13. sherman

some of these might be wrong but i tried my best.   : )

b. the 200th birthday of the united states

the first two years of american revolution was not very encouraging for the patriots since the british were far superior in sea power, arms and troops.