Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 12, Lesson 3, War on the Home Front (pp. 355-359)
I. Crisis of Wartime Leadership
B. In the North, riots broke out because wealthy people could
avoid the draft and because of workers' prejudices against blacks.
C. In the South, many civilians lost property and could not
afford food for their families, causing civilian riots and army desertions.
II. Draft Sends Youth to War
B. Boys of 10 or 12 served as drummer boys, carried gunpowder or
flags, and marched with the fighting troops on both sides.
III. War Creates New Roles for Women
B. Many jobs which had been for men only before the war were
opened to women during the war.
C. Women also worked in munitions factories, as army and navy
cooks, laundresses, or nurses, as spies, and disguised as men, as soldiers.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. In both the North and South citizens had to pay heavy
taxes to fund the war, and some people's civil rights were suspended.
A. Over half of the troops on both sides were 25 years old or younger.
A. During the war, thousands of women supported themselves
and their families while their husbands were away fighting.
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