Here we go Again

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Here we go Again

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The Emancipation Proclamation and the Wars
Affects on Society

• In 1863 Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation
  Proclamation which would help to change the
  course of the war which was causing Social,
  Economic and Political Changes in the North and
  South

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Key Vocabulary and Key Figures

• Key Terms
• Emancipation Proclamation
• 54th Massachusetts Regiment
• Copperhead
• Conscription
• Bounty
• Income Tax
• Bounty

• Key People
• Clara Barton

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A Tough Decision

• As Abolitionists continued their call to end
  slavery Lincoln hesitated due to the constitution
• Lincoln did not want to upset the slave states
  fighting for the north or the Northern Democrats
  and Republicans who opposed emancipation
• Though he Disliked slavery, Lincoln wanted to
  preserve the Union but by the summer of 1862
  Lincoln Decided to free southern slaves to weaken
  the south

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Free at Last, Free At last

• Abraham Lincoln Issued the Emancipation
  Proclamation but Very Few slaves were freed
• Lincoln could NOT free slaves in the North under
  the constitution, but Southern Slaves could be
  freed under a Military action
• The Northern Slave states would start to free
  slaves gradually and the proclamation made the
  war about preserving the union and liberation

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Four Sides to the Story

• While abolitionists were happy, many thought
  Lincoln should have done more
• Northern Democrats were against emancipation and
  feared the act would make the war longer
• Union Soldiers supported the act because it would
  weaken the confederacy
• White Southerners were angry because as slaves
  began to run away north the confederacy would be
  weakened

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The Strongest Fight

• With the urging of Frederick Douglas, the Union
  Army began to welcome African troops to fight
• By the end of the war over 180,000 African
  soldiers would join the Union Cause
• African Soldiers were often organized into all
  black regiments and given the worst jobs but
  fought just as hard to preserve their freedom

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GLORY

• The 54th Massachusetts Regiment would be one of
  the most popular all black regiments
• They would lead the attack on Fort Wagner without
  pay in an act of heroism
• The soldiers would fight, knowing that if they
  were caught they would be killed or returned to
  slavery

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Drastic Measures

• As the South grew tired of war, riots and
  desertion took a toll on the confederate army
• While the South Disagreed on how to run the war,
  the North saw Copperheads begin to protest for
  peace
• Lincoln would Have any copperhead arrested and
  would suspend the writ of Habeas Corpus to
  preserve Unity

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• With soldiers needed both sides instituted
  conscription for men aged 18-45, but the rich
  planters in the south were often exempt
• In the North, the Union offered 300 Bounty to
  join the Army limiting the use of the draft
• The issues of draft and race led to riots in New
  York seeing 100 people killed

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Economic Effects

• NORTH
• Inflation of Prices
• Boost in production and Industry
• Income tax on Earnings
• A new Union Currency

• SOUTH
• Food Shortages
• 9000 Inflation
• Selling of Cotton, illegally, to the North

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Resistance is NOT futile

• Slaves began to resist slavery through slow work,
  stoppages, and sabotage
• Slaves would try to overthrow their overseers or
  run away to freedom in the North
• By the end of the war over 500,000 slaves had
  fled to the North

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Girl Power

• As the war went on women began to take rolls in
  the farms and factories
• Women began to serve as nurses in the war or in
  jobs to help the soldiers
• Women such as Harriet Tubman and Belle Boyd would
  work as spies to help their soldiers in the North
  and South

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Jail Birds

• War Prisons became some of the worst places a
  soldier could end up
• The Prison in Elmira New York would lead to the
  Death of over 3000 soldiers captured in the war
• The Prison at Andersonville would become the
  worst war prison in the civil war seeing as many
  as 100 men per day die
• Over 50,000 men would die in war camps but the
  number dying on the battle field would far
  surpass those in war prisons

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