Interpret Review the characteristics of the Three Estates in this activity and study the political cartoon.
Look at the expressions on the character's faces. Why
do the characters representing the First and Second
estates seem surprised or threatened at the idea of the
Third Estate throwing off its chains and reaching for the
weapons? What might those weapons symbolize? What
do the expressions tell you about the relationship
between the First and Second estates to the Third
Estate?

Which of the following statements about the economic consequences of the civil war is not accurate. a. inflation caused prices to rise by 80% in the north. b. because southern farms cannot process enough food for everyone in the south the union navy allowed food shipments from britain. c. to pay for all of the food supplies and arrangements that were necessary for the union army congress instituted an income tax. d. business boomed in the north as factories and farms always had a market for their products.