The War At Home

1 September 2022
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What did Lincoln say he was doing with the Emancipation Proclamation?
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Freeing all slaves in states fighting against the Union
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According to the Union, when were the slaves in the Confederacy officially freed?
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As a result of the Emancipation Proclamation
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To which area did the Emancipation Proclamation apply?
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The Confederacy
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Which economic result of the Civil War affected both the North and the South?
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Inflation
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What was an effect of the Union's naval blockade of the Confederacy?
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Rapidly rising food prices across the South
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Which of these reasons caused Northern businesses to suffer during the war?
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Inflation made supplies more expensive.
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What was an important way that Northern and Southern women contributed to the war effort?
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Organizing nursing groups to tend to the wounded
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How did women like Clara Barton contribute to the war effort?
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They were active in providing nursing care to wounded soldiers.
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Which group cared for wounded troops?
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United States Sanitary Commission
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Which group was most likely to oppose the Civil War?
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Working-class men
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Who were the Copperheads?
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Northern Democrats who opposed the war
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What was a result of opposition to the draft during the war?
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Draft riots in New York City
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What caused the Bread Riots in Richmond, Virginia in 1863?
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Women wanted food for their families.
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In which city were people holding Bread Riots because they were starving as a result of the war?
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Richmond
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What conclusion can you reach from the Bread Riots of Richmond, Virginia, during the war?
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Food was scarce in the South.
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An effect of the war was that the average person in the South:
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Struggled to meet his or her basic needs.
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What was true about African Americans during the war?
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They joined the Northern forces in great numbers.
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Northern Democrats known as "Copperheads" organized out of fear that:
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Freed slaves would take their jobs.
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A problem for the Confederacy in starting a draft of soldiers was that:
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It went against a belief in limited government power.
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A rule in both the North and the South was that a man could avoid the draft by:
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Hiring a substitute.
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A problem for the Confederacy in starting a draft of soldiers was that:
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It went against a belief in limited government power.
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Military drafts in the Civil War often led to:
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Protests and violence.
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The activities of "Bushwhackers" caused:
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Fear and lawlessness.
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Almost every state during the Civil War:
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Sent people to fight on both sides.
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What was an effect of the war on Northern businesses?
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They had increased costs for materials.
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I led Northern Democrats called "Copperheads" in protesting the war. Who am I?
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Clement L. Vallandigham
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What was a cause of opposition to the war in both the North and the South?
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Food shortages
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The Emancipation Proclamation applied to slaves in:
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South Carolina.