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Tim and Mel are long distance lovers. Tim has just
purchased an engagement ring for Mel and wants
to mail it to her. Unfortunately the only way to
ensure the ring will be received is to place a lock on
the package. Tim has locks and Mel has locks but
neither have keys for each others locks. How can
they ensure the ring isn't stolen?
Competition!
Find a word
relating to what
you have studied
so far in America,
with the highest
numerical score
By the end of this lesson, everybody
will be able to…
• RECAP the positioning of the North and the
South at the beginning of the Civil War
• ANALYSE the cost of the war for the North
and the South
• DETERMINE how far the economies of the
North and South had been affected by the
war
Create a quick revision diagram to recap
the positioning of the North and South at
the beginning of the Civil War
Recap
CONSIDER
• GOVERNMENT
• ECONOMY
• FINANCE
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FINISH
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5
ROUND 1: CASUALTIES
1. According to the 1860 Census, what % of white males aged 13-43 died in the
Confederacy?
2. How many Confederates died according to Fox and how did he reach this number?
3. How many Confederates died according to Livermore and how did he reach this
number?
4. Why is 260,000 an incomplete figure?
5. How many Union soldiers died according to an estimate shortly after the conflict?
6. Why did that figure increase to 360,222 in the early 20th century?
ROUND 2: EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY
1. What impact did mechanization of farming have on the North?
2. What was created by the War Department to build rails/carry troops &
supplies/operating captured Southern rail lines and equipment?
3. What impact did the Union blockade have on the Confederacy?
4. What happened to the currency in the South as a result of the Civil War?
5. List 3 statistics that illustrate the destruction in Georgia
6. What happened to the Hog population in South Carolina? 
ROUND 3: CONFEDERATE WOMEN
1. Give two examples of the burden placed on Confederate women
2. Explain the change in morale of Confederate women as the war progressed
ROUND 4: IMMIGRATION TO THE NORTH
1. What was the goal of the Southern Homestead Act of 1866 ?
2. Why did Southern politicians also hope to see an increase in
immigration?
3. Why do historians think immigrants failed to settle in the South?
ROUND 5: SLAVERY/POLITICAL DIVISIONS
1. What did Grant believe all freed slaves should receive?
2. What did Republican Congressman want to see happen?
3. In which two ways were slaves freed after the Civil War?
4. Explain the system of sharecropping and its impact
5. Explain the aims and reality of the Freedman’s Bureau
How far the South had been damaged by the war?
BARELY
COMPLETELY
Write two PEE paragraphs (in full) that support the proposition that the
South had been damaged by the war
Was the war was good or bad for the Northern economy?