chapter 12 sec 2

Question 1

what was the issue for the confederate army in 1862

Answer 1

many of their enlistment periods were up

Question 2

how was the confederate government formed

Answer 2

similar to the us govt

Question 3

what did the the framers of the confederate constitution make sure of

Answer 3

states rights

Question 4

draft

Answer 4

required military servive

Question 5

age for draft

Answer 5

white males 18 to 35 later raised to 45 after battle of antitetam then 50

Question 6

how could a slave owner be exempt

Answer 6

if they owned 20 or more slaves

Question 7

how much produce were framers forced to give to the confer army

Answer 7

ten percent

Question 8

did the confederates make an income tax

Answer 8

yes

Question 9

what did the military do to slaves for the war

Answer 9

seize them

Question 10

what was one bad thing about the draft

Answer 10

many states did not cooperate bc they felt it violated individual and state rights

Question 11

how many people was it estimated that did not fight for the confederacy even though they should have because of the draft?

Answer 11

half of eligible men

Question 12

why didn’t britain help south

Answer 12

bc they didn’t want to help a country or area that did not give people their basic rights bc britian gave up slavery long before US

Question 13

did emancipation proclamation hurt the south

Answer 13

yes bc brit didn’t want to help them after that

Question 14

how’d britain help south

Answer 14

allowed them to use ports to make ships and attack union navy that had the blockade

Question 15

what did the south had to do before britain would help them?

Answer 15

prove themselves on the battlefield

Question 16

what was france currently doing during war that involved napoleon the third

Answer 16

they were in mexico trying to rebid french empire

Question 17

what was frances view on the war

Answer 17

if britain doesn’t enter we dont

Question 18

what battle made french not want to fight

Answer 18

antietam

Question 19

which southern representatives were captured?

Answer 19

john slidell and james mason

Question 20

what did britain say about the cpaturings?

Answer 20

let them go or we will fight you. had troops in canada ready to fight

Question 21

how much money did lincoln demand from GB for damage done by privateers

Answer 21

19 billion buckaroos

Question 22

pacific railroad act

Answer 22

july 1862, allowed the federal government to give land and money to companies for construction of railroad line

Question 23

where was the pacific railroad line between

Answer 23

from nebraska to pacific coast

Question 24

homestead act

Answer 24

1862, offered free government land to people willing to settle on it

Question 25

tariff passed for what reason

Answer 25

protect north industry

Question 26

in 1861 what did the government pass, first ever

Answer 26

federal income tax

Question 27

internal revenue act of 1862

Answer 27

imposed taxes on liquor, tobacco medicine, and newspaper ads

Question 28

1862 first what

Answer 28

national currency

Question 29

what was the first national currency called

Answer 29

greenbacks

Question 30

what four slave and border states remained in union

Answer 30

kentucky, missouri, maryland, and delaware

Question 31

in september 1861 what did lincoln order?

Answer 31

all disloyal members of maryland state legislature be arrested

Question 32

martial law

Answer 32

during state of emergency some bill of rights laws can be suspended such as writ of habeas corpus

Question 33

why was it important they prevent vote on succession by maryland

Answer 33

they'd lose washington dc and the war

Question 34

writ of habeas corpus

Answer 34

legal protection that a court determine if a person is lawfully imprisoned

Question 35

why did lincoln not get rid of slavery even though he opposed it

Answer 35

did not believe he had that kind of power

Question 36

why was lincoln scared about getting rid of slavery

Answer 36

fearful the border states would leave union

Question 37

emancip procla had little effect bc

Answer 37

it applied only to places under confederate control

Question 38

what did the emancipation proclamation do to souths war effprts

Answer 38

got britain and france to not help

Question 39

contraband

Answer 39

captured items become property of the enemy govment

Question 40

why was contraband crucial

Answer 40

bc union could let them go

Question 41

blacks made up how many of the northern army

Answer 41

ten percent during the war

Question 42

how did th eunions policies hurt the south

Answer 42

depleted south's labor force and provided the north an even greater numerical advantage

Question 43

what did the war do to househlds

Answer 43

force wives to get jobs and start working

Question 44

since white men were being pulled to fight what did confederate wives have to do

Answer 44

oversee slaves, work the land, and keep farms and plantations going

Question 45

during the war, what did the south have lots and little of

Answer 45

cotton and little food

Question 46

during the war what happened to the south

Answer 46

industry grew and railroads increased, women took jobs in factories

Question 47

what did the war do to north economy

Answer 47

it propelled bc they were able to produce everything they needed

Question 48

how many soldiers survived the war

Answer 48

3 out of 4

Question 49

how many times was a soldier more likely to get killed in a health camp then the battlefield

Answer 49

3x

Question 50

one in five union soldiers died fro their wound

Answer 50

true

Question 51

did surgeons know how to sterilize equipment

Answer 51

no

Question 52

overall about camps

Answer 52

very dirty, mainly women workers, did not know how to clean, terrible place to recover