Ch. 17.3 Life During the Civil War

During the war, many schools and churches were used as ____.

• hospitals
• military offices
• prisons
• post offices

During the Civil War, Northern women

• did not become involved in the conflict.
• tried to get the men they knew to stay home.
• entered nursing, a field previously dominated by men.
• did work at home but made no contribution to the needs of employers for additional labor.

Which Southerner established a soldiers’ hospital in Richmond, Virginia?

• Clara Barton
• Robert E. Lee
• Sally Tompkins
• William Sheppard

Rose O'Neal Greenhow entertained Union leaders in Washington, D.C., because she ____.

• was the wife of a government official
• was a spy for the Union
• was a spy for the Confederates
• wanted to show support for the Union

Which type of law required Confederate men between certain ages to serve in the army for three years?

• bounty
• corpus
• draft 
• habeas corpus

Who convinced officials to let women work as nurses and recruited many women to serve as nurses during the Civil War?

• Dorothea Dix
• Frances Clayton
• President Lincoln
• Rose O’Neal Greenhow

Which Northern city saw the most violent opposition to laws requiring military service?

• Charleston
• New York City
• Richmond
• Washington, D.C. 

To raise money for the war, what did the North print?

• greenbacks
• handbills 
• paper checks 
• promissory notes

To quiet opposition to the war, President Lincoln ____.

• promised to end it quickly
• tried to negotiate with Confederate President Davis
• selected a new general to lead the armies
• suspended habeas corpus

Why did small southern farmers resent the Confederacy’s draft law?

• Men who owned more than 20 slaves were exempt.
• A rich man could avoid military service by paying a $300 fee.
• Slaves were not subject to the draft.
• The draft was extended to include those between the ages of 17 and 50.