Lesson 3 Flashcards
(24 cards)
What new roles did women take on
Farms, factories, schools, government, nurses
Led mission that freed enslaved people and disrupted south army supply line
Leading conductor of Underground Railroad
Spy for Union
Harriet Tubman
Told Confederate generals of Union troop movements in Shenandoah River Valley
Belle Boyd
Became superintendent of nurses for Union and recruited large numbers of women to serve
Helped persuade officials to let women work as nurses
Dorothea Dix
Gathered info about Union plans and told South
Convicted of treason
Rose O’Neal Greenhouse
Set up hospital for soldiers in Richmond, Va
Held rank of captain in Confederate army and was only female officer in confederate forces
Sally Tompkins
1 female army surgeon
Received the Congressional Medal of Honor
Mary Edwards Walker
Famous for working by helping wounded soldiers
Clara Barton
Fought for south at bull run and Shiloh
Confederate spy
Disguised herself as a man
Loreta Janeta Velázquez
North and South did what with soldiers they captured
Exchanged them
Why were prison camps set up
Because the system to exchanging prisoners broke down because of issues such as Confederate treatment of African American soldiers
Two prison camps were? What were there conditions
Andersonville and Elmira
Prisoners slept on ground, ate a teaspoon of salt, 3 tablespoons of beans, and a cup of cornmeal a day. Drank water from stream that was also a sewer. Thousands died of disease
Andersonville was Confederate
Elmira was Union
It was in New York
Prisoners had no blankets or warm clothes even in winter
Camps were crowded places and drinking water was dirty
As many as 1/2 of the men got sick and died
Two types of Democrats
War democrats
Peace democrats
War democrats
Supported war but didn’t like how Lincoln was running it
Peace democrats
Wanted war to end right away
Called copperheads because people thought they were dangerous traitors
North and south both faced rebellions
People in south didn’t have enough to eat. Bread riots
Habeas corpus
A legal order that guarantees a prisoner the right to be heard in court
Helps protect people against unlawful imprisonment
Bounty
Payment
Draft
System of selecting people for required military service
What did the North and South do when they had trouble recruiting soldiers
confederate passed draft law
Union paid bounty to encourage soldiers
Then Union also passed draft law
In both north and south, a man could avoid draft by paying fee or hiring a substitute
How did draft law make people feel
Angry. Said rich people planned war but only poor people had to fight. Riots occurred in several northern cities
3 ways of paying for the war
1) borrowed money
2) took in more taxes
3) printed money
North economy did better than souths why
Births economy did better due to their Industry. farming profited for north. Goods were in high demand. Prices grew faster than wages b/c goods were in high demand. This increase in prices is called inflation
South farms and railroads were destroyed because most battles took place there. Blockade stopped shipping. Important supposed couldn’t reach Confederacy. Riots due to not enough food in Atlanta, Richmond and other cities. South suffered worse inflation
What 2 establishments turned into hospitals
Schools and churches
