North
South
Winter
Education
Past times
100
What is the reason slavery died out in the North?
The industrial revolution hit the north and reduced the number of farmers and the number of slaves.
100
What are the best products to grow in the south?
Tobacco and cotton
100
Did the soldiers at war still celebrate Christmas while at camp?
Yes they did.
100
Did the states provide universal education?
Only a few did, but communities throught the nation started schools.
100
What would the soldiers read when not fighting?
Letters, newspapers,novels,the bible, and any other written material.
200
What year was Abraham Lincoln elected president?
1860
200
How much of the labor force worked on the farms?
80%
200
Did they recieve presents from friends and family.
Yes and although they were far away every soldie got a present that was handed out Christmas morning.
200
In general students attended school for ________ years than modern students.
In general students attended school for fewer years than modern students.
200
When they had no reading material they wrote their own and published it in?
Their own camp and hospital newspapers
300
What did the Northern states have the best soil for?
Small farmsteads, rather than large plantations.
300
How many Southerners lived in urban cities?
Only one-tenth
300
Southern parents were worried that Santa might not make it through the __________.
Southern parents were worried that Santa might not make it through the blockade.
300
The teachings of the schools were based on what?
The teacher's practices rather than the board's polocies.
300
The newspapers contained what that the soldiers would read?
Accounts of battles, poetry, or essays, or propoganstic messages.
400
How much of the railroad was used in the North?
Two-thirds
400
There were 4 million ______ and 5.5 million _______ in the South.
4 million blacks and 5.5 million whites
400
Why did many families have untraditional Christmas dinners in the Confederacy.
Because of the blockade it was either unavaliable or to highly priced.
400
Did they get brakes during the school year?
Yes, they were let out to work in the fields for a couple months during the year.
400
The soldiers focused on what to help keep them alive?
Religion was a huge part of the fighting. It helped them talk out their problems.
500
What would the members of the Whig/Republican party most likely have careers in?
Buisness, medicine, or education.
500
Only ___% of the country's train tracks were in the South
35%
500
Since the normal children had a shortage of presents, did the orphans still get presents?
Everyone was still helping the less fortunate, so they still got presents.Even if it was only one they were lucky in such a hard time in the south.
500
__________ was used and even encouraged. Mothers told the school teachers to use it on their children.
What is Corperal punishment
500
The solidiers lived in _______________ which served as horrible shelters.
Civil War tents
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