What is the term for having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain?
What is - corrupt
100
Who made immense profits during the Civil War in the North?
What is businesses and business owners
100
Where was the worst Confederate prison camp?
Where is - Andersonville, Georgia
100
Where were two places wounded soldiers got treated besides the battlefield?
What are hospital trains and ships
100
What is the term for a refusal to work until demands for better pay or working conditions are met?
What is - a strike
200
During the war, what did the Union do that created shortages of many products and items in the South?
What is - the Union blockaded Southern ports
200
What is the term for unfair treatment of a person because of that person’s racial, religious, ethnic, or other characteristics?
What is - discrimination
200
What did northern camps not provide for prisoners? b. What was the result?
What is -
a. little or no heat;
b. thousands of Southern prisoners contracted pneumonia and died
200
As the South’s economy continued to decline, why did riots break out in 1863?
What is - food was scarce and the price of food kept rising.
200
What motivated many African Americans to enlist in the Union Army in 1863?
What is -the Emancipation Proclamation
300
Provide two examples of what often happened to African Americans captured by the Confederacy?
What is - they were returned to slavery or executed
300
a. Who employed some women in North for the first time?
b. What was their job?
What is -
a. they were hired by the Federal gov’t;
b. clerks
300
a. What did Congress do for the first time to help pay for the war? b. Describe what it is?
What is -
a. they created the nation’s first income tax;
b. A tax on an individual’s earned income
300
Besides death in battle, what were three other ways soldiers suffered during the war?
What are - they suffered from poor army food, filthy conditions, and disease
300
a. What did many northern workers do as a result of
economic problems they faced during the Civil War?
b. What did they hope to gain?
What is -
a. they went on strike;
b. higher wages
400
What are two examples of discrimination against African Americans in the Union army?
What is - they served in separate (all black) regiments and they were usually paid less
400
At what location did Confederate troops murder more than 200 captured African Americans?
Where is - at Fort Pillow, Tennessee
400
In 1862, who allowed African Americans to serve in Union army for the first time?
What is - the U.S. Congress
400
What is the term for a military unit of ground forces, consisting of two or more battle groups?
What is - a regiment
400
a. What was setup to improve sanitary conditions for soldiers?
b. Why was this a major concern?
What is -
a. the U.S. Sanitary Commission;
b. Because more soldiers were dying from disease than on the battlefield
500
a.What did some northern businesses engaged in out of greed? b. Who did they take advantage of?
What is -
a. corrupt business practices;
b. the U.S. gov’t and soldiers fighting the war.
500
In the South, what system and what institution began crumbling by 1864?
What are - the plantation system and the institution of slavery.
500
Provide three examples of how slaves resisted their condition as the war dragged on?
What is - Slaves refused to work, they destroyed property and some ran away to Union army
500
How did the Civil War impact the northern economy? b. What explains this impact?
What is What is -
a. it caused the northern economy to grow rapidly;
b. Because the U.S. gov’t purchased large quantities of war supplies from factories
500
What economic problem did many northern workers face during the Civil War? b. What caused this problem?
What is -
a. prices in the North rose faster than wages;
b. Food and other consumer products were being sent to the troops which created shortages, as a result prices went up.