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- cash payments or food provided by the government
- made loans to railroads, banks, and agricultural institutions
- How many casualties were there roughly due to the fighting of the U.S. Civil War?
- terrible droughts in the great plains caused the region to become a_____
- unemployed often stood at____to receive free food
- a demand that the investor repays a loan immediately
- when creditors take possession of something you owned
- What was the building block of the Industrial Revolution
- lowered mortgage rates and allowed farmers to refinance their farm loans
- money goes to public works and for loans to the state for direct relief
- Compare the map on page 340-341 and 363. What do they tell you about the progress of the Civil War from 1861-1865?
- Americans blamed the _________ party for the depression
- According to the cartoon, President Lincoln's "two difficulties" are how to --A) pay government salaries and build support in CongressB) reduce taxes and find good generalsC) avoid bankruptcy and stop the draft riotsD) finance the war and find enough soldiers to fight
- Poet Walt Whitman made the following observation about Lincoln: "He leaves for America's history and biography, so far, not only its most dramatic reminiscence-he leaves, in my opinion, the greatest...personality...By many has this Union been...help'd; but if one name, one man, must be pick'd out, he most of all, is the conservator of it, to the future. He was assassinated-but the Union is not assassinated."Do you agree of disagree about Lincoln's legacy?
- Which is not true about the South after the Civil War?F) It held 30% of the national wealth.G) Most of its industry was destroyed.H) Its labor system was dismantled.J) As much as 40% of its livestock was wiped out.
- Which pair of events are listed in the order they occurred?A) Battle of Gettysburg; Battle of AntietamB) New York City draft riots; First Battle of Bull RunC) Battle of Gettysburg; fall of AtlantaD) First Battle of Bull Run; firing on Fort Sumter
- What technological advance contributed most to the Civil War's high casualty rate?F) the ironclad shipG) the minie ballH) the land mineJ) the camera
- What source of energy powered the massive steam engines that powered later factories?
- Who brought knowledge of British spinning machines to the United States?
- What source of power did the first British factory rely on?