13. CIVIL WAR, 1861

Quiz for Comparative Analysis Photographers Bring the War Home

Quiz for Comparative Analysis: Photographers Bring the War Home

Document 13.2: Union Soldiers in Camp, C. 1863

Document 13.3: Battlefield Dead at Antietam, 1862

Choose the best answer to each question.

Question 13.5

1. What could readers across the country see in the new mediums of photographs that were less obvious in the simple battlefield sketches that proliferated in previous wars?

Uniforms

Emotions

Geography

Destruction

Question 13.6

2. Which of the following describes the Union soldiers pictured in this photo?

All of them are wearing complete uniforms.

All of them look happy to be serving their country.

They all look well-fed and rested.

Their ages seem to vary from very young to middle age.

Question 13.7

3. How might an image like “Battlefield Dead at Antietam” affect readers who saw it in newspapers?

Increase opposition to the war itself.

Inspire desertions from soldiers.

Prove the importance of slavery over abolition.

Convey the strategy of the war.

Question 13.8

4. What characteristic can be seen in both of the images?

Death and devastation

Realism

Abolitionism

Colors

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