Form 11: Home Front and Life During the Civil War

Questions

1. MultiChoice

   Which famous Union nurse went on to found the American Red Cross?

2. MultiChoice

   Who served as the Superintendent of Army Nurses for the Union forces during the Civil War?

3. MultiChoice

   What was the nickname given to the national paper currency issued by the U.S. government under the Legal Tender Act of 1862?

4. MultiChoice

   Which 1862 law signed by Lincoln offered 160 acres of free western land to settlers who improved it over five years?

5. MultiChoice

   Which law passed in 1862 authorized the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad?

6. MultiChoice

   Which landmark legislation granted federal land to states to establish colleges focusing on agriculture and mechanical arts?

7. MultiChoice

   What economic hardship did the Confederate home front experience due to the Union blockade?

8. MultiChoice

   Which major event in April 1863 saw hundreds of Southern women protest severe food shortages in the Confederate capital?

9. MultiChoice

   Which volunteer organization was created in the North to improve medical care and hygiene in Union military camps?

10. MultiChoice

    What was the single leading cause of death for soldiers on both sides during the Civil War?

11. MultiChoice

    Which famous photographer brought the grim reality of Civil War battlefields to the public through exhibition photographs?

12. MultiChoice

    How did women's social roles expand significantly during the Civil War?