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What effect did the Civil War have on the economy of the North? |
Production, efficiency, and jobs all increased. |
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On what basis did the Emancipation Proclamation justify the abolition of slavery? |
Military grounds |
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Secession by the first seven states created anxiety for northern textile manufacturers because they feared |
The permanent loss of the cotton crop. |
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What was the Enrollment Act of March 1863? |
Enlistment in military service was required. |
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What consequence would secession have for the relationship between whites and blacks in the South? |
Whites would gain total control over blacks. |
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When Union forces took control of Atlanta, Georgia, it |
cut the South in two and ensured its defeat. |
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What did the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution achieve? |
The abolition of slavery and involuntary servitude. |
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What effect did the presence of Union troops in the South have on slaves? |
It offered them hope and the taste of freedom. |
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What developments forced the South to industrialize during the Civil War? |
The war forbade trade with the North for goods. |
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General Robert E. Lee was motivated to attack Union forces in Pennsylvania because he |
had defeated a Union force twice the size of his own in Virginia. |
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How did most Northerners respond to Lincoln’s call for war? |
They rushed to support the president and the war effort. |
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What experience turned many Union soldiers into abolitionists? |
Witnessing slavery firsthand throughout the South |
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