11.3 Quiz

The event most responsible for African-Americans joining the war in large numbers was

• The Battle of Antietam

  
  

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• Lincoln issuing the draft

• Great Britain remained neutral

One example of African-Americans facing discrimination in the army would be

• going through basic training.

• being issued uniforms.

• serving in separate regiments from white troops.

• the ability to receive payment for their service.

African-American soldiers were more likely to die during the war because they

• were a target of Confederate anger.

• had little to no experience.

• were not given accurate weapons.

• wore bright colored uniforms.

One way that Southern citizens reacted to shortages in food and supplies during the war was

• waiting in long lines for supplies.

• to attack Confederate troops and steal what they needed.

• to create illegal markets with northerners to trade goods.

• to march to Richmond in protest.

One example of how the war helped northern industry was

• there was a surplus of workers.

• factories were destroyed and new facilities needed to be built.

• there was a low demand for manufactured goods.

• that the lack of farm workers forced farm owners to buy manufactured machines.

The improvement in hygiene and medical care during the war can be credited to the work of the United States Treasury Department.

• True

• False

Clara Barton was instrumental in changing the way that battlefield medicine was administered during the war.

• True

• False

Congress created income tax as a way to help pay for the war.

• True

• False

Civil War military camps were filthy, dirty places where disease and malnutrition were common.

• True

• False

Due to the horrid conditions at Southern prison camps, like Andersonville, thousands of Union prisoners in the camps died from disease or starvation.

• True

• False