Chapter 17 Section 2

War Affects Society

Terms and Names

1) Copperhead2) Conscription3) Bounty4) Income Tax5) Green back6) Clara Barton

Objectives Questions Section 2

1) How did discontent with the war affect the Confederate Army?

2) How did the principle of states’ rights affect the Confederate states?

3) Who were the Copperheads? How did Lincoln deal with them?

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4)Why did poor Southerners complain that the Civil War was a rich man’s war but a poor man’s fight?

5) How were Union and Confederate draft laws similar? How were they different?

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6) In what ways did the war affect the economy of the South?

7) What were the short term and long term effects of war production in the North?

8) How did slaves damage the Southern economy and sabotage the war effort?

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9) How did the Civil War affect the role of women in society?

10) In what ways did women help the war effort?

11) How were prisoners of war treated in the North? In the South?

Chapter 17 Section 2 Quiz

1) To raise troops to fight the war, both sides passed draft laws, also known as bounty laws.

2) Northern Democrats who favored making peace with the South were called Anacondas.

3) To pay the costs of fighting the war, the Union government established an income tax in the North.

4) To encourage Northern men to serve in the army, the Union government offered public land to those who volunteered.

5) Some Northerners protested the draft law in a four day rampage of violence and destruction known as the Boston Massacre.

6) During the war, women like Clara Barton collected supplies and provided nursing care for soldiers on the battlefield.

7) The paper money issued by the Union government during the Civil War was called greenbacks because of its color.

8) Social Studies is your favorite class.