1. Who were the key players of the Civil War?

2. What were some lasting effects of the Civil War?

3. What factors and events influenced the outcome of the Civil War?

1. Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Clara Barton, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Stonewall Jackson and William Tecumseh Sherman

2. the abolishment of slavery, the formation of blacks' rights, industrialization and new innovations. The Northern states were not reliant on plantations and farms; instead they were reliant on industry.

3. Civil War was fought over the moral issue of slavery. In fact, it was the economics of slavery and political control of that system that was central to the conflict. A key issue was states' rights.