The Economy and the Draft in the Civil War

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Across
  1. 2. Charge on citizens to fund the government for the Civil War.
  2. 4. Made by the North to prevent Southern trade and transportation.
  3. 6. An act that made all white males between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five eligible for 3 years of military service.
  4. 7. The method of slaves violently fighting for their rights during the draft.
  5. 10. Certain members of society( railroad and river workers, civil officials, telegraph operators, miners, pharmacists, and teachers) could be given a free pass from the draft.
Down
  1. 1. A term used because the poor could not afford to avoid service, but the rich could.
  2. 3. The value of money decreased because of the high income tax that the government created to pay for the war.
  3. 5. The process of finding soldiers for war; many poor men and slaves were chosen.
  4. 8. The North blockades caused this disaster in the South.
  5. 9. People that charged excessive prices on goods that the government needed for war.