2. Balance of Forces (pp. 438–441) List below some of the relative strengths of both the North and South (assuming that a strength of one side is a weakness of the other) going into the war.
SOUTH NORTH
4. Lincoln and Liberties (pp. 444–447) a. The authors imply here that Lincoln’s personality and temperament were better suited to national leadership in an emergency than Jefferson Davis because Davis was too particular about following his own Constitution. List two examples of Lincoln’s exercise of arbitrary power. *** What do you think of such actions in wartime?
(1)
(2)
(3) Opinion:
b. Although most fighting men on both sides were volunteers, the _________ (North or South) had a deeper pool of manpower. Looking at the draft laws, cite an example for both North and South to support the charge that it was “a rich man's war but a poor man's fight.”
(1) North:
(2) South:
5. Economic Aspects of War (pp. 447–450) a. (Note: You should have a basic understanding of who pays the huge cost of fighting a war. Especially try to grasp the inflationary impact of a government just printing more paper currency to pay its bills.) The ____________ (North or South) was better able financially to pay for the war. As you read the section beginning on p. 447, put a (+) in the column of the side that relied most heavily on each of these three means of financing, and a (-) in the other column. NORTH SOUTH
(1) Taxes and tariffs:
(2) Bonds and borrowing:
(3) Printing money:
b. Compare and contrast how the North and the South emerged from the war economically.
(1) North:
(2) South:
c. During the war, many women went into industrial employment for the first time. In the “caring professions,” Dr. Elizabeth ____________ helped organize the U.S. ____________ Commission (predecessor to today’s Red Cross) and Clara __________ helped expand and transform the ____________ profession.
