Week 27: The War Continues

A result of President Lincoln's call for volunteers was

• Chilren rushed to read the newspapers that day

• All women were required to join the army

• All children were required to join the army

• Many men rushed to join the army

A soldier dying of illness was the most likely reason he didn't return home after the civil war.

• True

• False

An effect of the Northern forces blockading Southern ports was that the southern cotton could not be exported to sell overseas.

• true

• False

The most likely reason boys joined the military during the Civil War was

• they thought it was a fun and exciting adventure

• they were required by law to join the army

• they wanted to change their names

• all of the above

Many Southerners at home became ill because

• they were unable to afford to buy or find healthy foods

• the Union soldiers ate all the Southern food

• the meat was rotten

• They were too upset to eat well.

During the Civil War women from both the North and South worked hard to keep homes, business and the troops going during the war

• true

• False. Only women in south

• False. Only women in the North

Northerners were upset about draft guidelines because

• they thougth the fee was too much to pay

• they wanted the chance to fight on the battlefields

• they wanted Southerners to take their place

• they did not think the rules were fair to all citizens.