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Standard 8-4.6 Study Guide:
1. The Civil War had a profound impact on _daily lives_ of all the people in South Carolina.
2. Prior to the Civil War, plantation owners became wealthy from _cash crops and __slavery_.
Slaves also gave their owners _social_ and __political status; therefore the plantation owners
defended slavery and the southern way of life.
3. When the war came, many of the _wealthiest slave owners_ volunteered and served as officers
in the Confederate army. Others were exempt from service under the _”Twenty Slave Law”. So
men from the lower classes served and died in disproportionate numbers to their elite
countrymen.
4. When the Civil War ended, many __plantations__ had been destroyed. War brought an end to
slavery_ and the plantation owners lost the fortunes that had been tied up in slave property.
5. After the war, what did the US government do to males that served in the Confederate army?
Pardoned them
6. What did women do as the men went off to fight in the war?
They tended the farms & ran plantations; operated the businesses
7. The lives of women were made especially difficult because of shortages of _supplies_ such as
___food__ and __clothing___ needed by the southern soldiers.
8. What were many women forced to do as Union forces advanced? What did they return to?
Flee/ leave their homes to return to ruins & forced to find substitutes for goods or do without
as Confederate money was worthless
9. At the end of the war, many women were left widowed and were forced to continue to be the
sole __providers_ for the family.
10. During the war, African Americans longed for their _freedom_ and many fled to nearby
__Union_ lines to claim it. Others stayed on the plantation and waited for the Union army.
11. President Lincoln issued the __Emancipation Proclamation__, declaring that all slaves in areas
that had not yet been captured by the Union army were free. These states, still under the
control of the Confederacy, _did not obey the Union president and most slaves remained on
plantations following the progress of the war.
12. Slaves were freed as a result of __military action_, not as a result of the Emancipation
Proclamation.
13. What did President Lincoln’s proclamation allow African Americans to do? Join the Union Army
14. Although African American troops served with distinction, they were _discriminated_ against.
They served under the leadership of white officers and were paid __less_ than their white
comrades. Some African Americans were put into service for the __Confederate_ armies, as
masters took their slaves with them to the battlefield or they were commandeered to build
defenses.
15. The Civil War also had an impact on __Children__. Both __Slave _ and ___Free_ children
assisted around the farm or plantation.
16. Some boys as young as __10_ enlisted in the army, served as _standard bearers_ and
_drummer boys were sometimes caught in the crossfire and died for their cause.
17. After the war, many children were left without __fathers_ or had fathers whose ability to earn a
livelihood was hampered as a result of the injuries and surgeries they had sustained during the
war. An entire generation grew up coping with war-resultant changes that made their lives
vastly different from those of their parents’ generation.