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13.4: Life During the Civil War- (pgs 597- 603) Everyone suffered terrible hardships and faced new challenges. Many women took on new responsibilities
during the war. Union and Confederate war efforts faced opposition. The war created economic problems..
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1) How did the film “Glory” portray the
lives of soldiers?
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2) Describe the reality of a soldier’s
life?
3) Why would the soldiers’ initial
enthusiasm for the war disappear?
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4) Why were the soldiers at Shiloh
allowed to lie dying in the rain for so
long?
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5) What are the statistics of desertion
for both the Union and Confederate
soldiers?
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6) What was one reason Lee allowed
his army to invade Maryland?
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7) Why did many soldiers desert from
the army?
8) In what ways might photographs
have affected American’s views of the
war in a way that paintings did not?
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9) What roles did women play in the
war?
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10) In your opinion, would it be
possible and a good idea for a soldier’s
family to accompany them to the
frontlines of a battle today?
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11) Why was life disrupted more in the
South than the North?
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12) How did Southern civilians suffer
from the war?
13) How did the South’s economy of
the prewar period help cause severe
shortages during the war?
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14) Why did many men disapprove of
women serving as nurses?
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15) What did the “Peace Democrats”
favor?
16) Why were the Peace Democrats
nicknames the Copperheads?
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17) Why would Lincoln suspend
habeas corpus?
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18) What did the Confederate draft
do?
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19) How could a man get out of the
draft?
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20) Why would this be problematic?
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21) What did the North do to increase
enlistment?
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22) What did the Union draft require?
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23) How much money would it cost to
avoid the draft?
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24) Why did mobs riot in New York in
1863?
25) Why was the Civil War the first
modern war?
26) Why was the war more difficult on
the South?
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27) What affects did the blockade
have?
28) What does inflation mean?
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29) Why would the South have a
higher desertion rate than the North?
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