Life as a Soldier
Union soldiers pay during the Civil War was
What is $13.00 a month
How did women help in the war?
Many became war nurses
What did the war wreck the most?
The regions industry and farmland
How long did the slaves work in a day?
12 - 14 hours
On both sides (Union and Confederacy) men were randomly chosen to enter the army.
What is the draft?
How many women are known to have fought in the battle of Antietam
At least 4 women
About how many union and confederate soldiers die during the civil war?
About 360,000 union soldiers and about 260,000 confederate soldiers
Where were slaves sold?
At slave auction
Besides fighting, what kinds of hardships did soldiers have to deal with?
What is boredom, hunger, and disease?
What male dominated profession did women take over
Teaching/teachers
What did the civil war greatly increase?
The federal governments power and authority
Who watched over the slaves as they worked?
The overseer
Besides fighting in a battlefield, what were the major causes of death for soldiers
Diseases
What jobs did women take over during the civil war?
Family business, farms, plantations
Did the civil war widen or shrink the economic gap between the north and south?
Widen the economic gap
True or False the slaves were able to go to school?
False
Worst conditions for military prisoners were at
Where was Andersonville, in southwestern Georgia?
Volunteered as a nurse organizing the collection of medicines and supplies for delivery to Union soldiers in the battlefield and her work formed the basis for what became the American Red Cross
Who was Clara Barton?
What did Union war costs total to?
$2.3 billion
What Northern city was slavery disappearing?
Baltimore