11.2 And 11.3 T&P

Question 0

Battle Of Antietam

Answer 0

Single bloodiest day of civil war, September 17th, more than 23000 people killed/hurt

Question 1

Contraband

Answer 1

Captured war supplies, union didn’t know what to so with slaves so they deemed them contraband

Question 2

Emancipation proclamation

Answer 2

September 22nd 1862, freed all enslaved people in states still in rebellion after January 1, 1863

Question 3

Militia act

Answer 3

Mandating black soldiers be accepted into the military. 2 months before the proclamation

Question 4

54th Massachusetts regiment

Answer 4

All black troop

Question 5

Income tax

Answer 5

3% on all income over $800 a year

Question 6

Bonds

Answer 6

Biggest source Of wartime funds. In return for the purchase price the buyer received a certificate promising to pay the holder a larger amount of money at a future date

Question 7

Homestead act

Answer 7

Made western lands available for low prices to anyone willing to farm it

Question 8

Conscription

Answer 8

1863, (the draft) to meet unending demand for fresh troops. White men between the ages of 20-45 could pay $300 to hire a replacement to enter the military in their place

Question 9

Copperheads

Answer 9

Wanted to end the war

Question 10

Habeas corpus

Answer 10

Protects a person from being held in jail without being charged with a specific crime

Question 11

Inflation

Answer 11

Price soared as those with items to sell demanded more and more confederate cash