11.3 Flashcards
What was a bond and why were they created?
A certificate bought from the government that promised to pay back the amount paid plus interest
Helped pay towards the military funds
What did the Homestead Act state? What was its purpose?
Made Western land available for a low price to anyone who would farm it
Encouraged people to settle
What was conscription?
The draft for men to fight in the war.
Anyone could be selected, but the rich could pay their way out of it and hire a replacement
What was a Copperhead?
A northern democrat who opposed the war and wanted to end it
What was the meaning of Habeas Corpus? Why was it significant?
Meant no one could be imprisoned without evidence/proven charges.
Suspended during the war so people who showed disloyalty to the war effort could be arrested by the Union (Copperheads)
Who was Clara Barton?
Nursed military soldiers during the Civil War
Founded the American Red Cross
Who passed Conscription laws?
Both the North and South.
The poor rioted over conscription; couldn’t pay $300 to hire someone else
How did Lincoln view the Copperheads?
Lincoln saw anyone who opposed the war effort as a threat to the Union.
Who suspended Habeas Corpus?
Both the North and the South
Who was the “President” of the South?
Jefferson Davis
How did both the North and South supply the military?
North: Income Taxes
Sold bonds
Homestead Act sold western land
South: encouraged blockade runners
Taxed farm goods
Seized union weapons and supplies
What did both the North and the South do to pay for the military?
Issued single currency
Raised tariffs
What impact did the war have on the Northern economy?
Industry boomed (demand increased) by making clothes, weapons, and war supplies. More mechanized.
What impact did the war have on Southern economy?
Farmers struggled to get their crops to market
Blockade prevented delivery of needed supplies
Food shortages
Inflation (prices increased)
How did the role of women change?
Women worked as nurses and helped the soldiers.
Some worked as spies.
Filled the jobs the men in the military left behind.
