16-3 Guided Reading Activity The civil War

How did the North and South recruit troops after the initial excitement of the war disappeared?

In 1862 congress passed a draft law. This required able body white men from ages 18-35 to serve for three years.

Would you describe prison camp conditions as good or poor? Why?

Poor, because there were food shortages, the water was bad, there were crammed quarters, and disease everywhere.

Aside from battle casualties, what was a constant threat to soldiers?

disease

What roles did women fill during the Civil War?

nurses, spies, kept farms and factories going, ran offices, taught schools, and kept government records.

List three ways governments could pay for the war.

1. they borrowed money but selling war bonds that promised high interest. 2. They imposed new taxes, including income taxes. 3. They printed money. In the North it was called greenbacks because of itss color

What is habeas corpus?

The legal proceeding against unlawful imprisonment.

Why did life in the South change more dramatically than life in the North?

They lost crops and Gomes and their were many shortages