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RossWomen were active in providing nursing care to wounded soldiers. Clara Barton was a leading person in trying to aid wounded soldiers. As just one example, Clara Barton was able to set up a field hospital at the Battle of Antietam which provided medical aid to both sides of the battle.
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At the start of th civil war the unions free population was?
At the start of the Civil War, the Union, which was made up of the Northern states, had a population of 22 million free people. The population of the South at the start of the war was 9 million.
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The primary objective to reform civil service in the late 1800s was to hire government workers based on merit, through education and testing, rather than which party the applicant supported. This was known as the Pendleton Act.
Did president Kennedy sign the civil rights act of 1963?
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