Results And Impact Of The War

Question 1

1. Who had to be conscripted in the war

Answer 1

All 17-50 year old men had to join the army. Rich men could buy their way out for $500e

Question 2

Impact of war on south on the price of products

Answer 2

Inflation (some products cost 9000 times more)

Question 3

What jobs did women take over during the war

Answer 3

Munition workers in factories, plantation managers in the south

Question 4

How much money did people in the north and the south lose

Answer 4

$139 per person in the north, $400 per person in the south

Question 5

Who were the presidents after the war

Answer 5

Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S Grant

Question 6

What was the tactic did the North use to reunite the south

Answer 6

Divided the south into military districts run by a general until they rejoined the union

Question 7

First elected black senator and in what year

Answer 7

Hiram Revels, 1872 in Mississippi

Question 8

Sharecropping

Answer 8

When freed slaves worked for former owners. Housing, tools etc. were loaned. Payment was made at harvest time

Question 9

Carpet baggers

Answer 9

Southern nickname for northerners who came south after the war for business opportunities e.g contracts rebuild the railroad