Education and Religion

Q1
No education was available to slaves. Small schools existed with several grade levels taught in the same room, with the teachers dictating the educational practices and running of the school. There were also academies that taught children between the age of 13 to 20 that offered various classes including sciences and languages, in which boys and girls were separated. Families had to pay for this education.
Q2
Bowdoin College, Hanover College, Columbian College.
Q3
The popular topics of learning were physics, chemistry, and astronomy, and European languages, including Greek and Latin.
Q4
Religion was highly influential during the civil war, and southerners justified slavery using religion. the Black Church protested against this and represented an initial African American rebellion.
Q5
There were churches and preachers
Q6
The majority of people, including most soldiers, they found comfort in it.