Transcript 25.1 Emancipation Proclamation and the War effects

6.This was the first state to secede from the
United States.
A. Kentucky
B. South Carolina
C. North Carolina
D. Alabama
7. Northern counties of a slave state didn’t
want to secede and created this state.
A. North Carolina
B. North Dakota
C. Maryland
D. West Virginia
8. The only resource that
the South beat the North
in, is what?
A. Population
B. Railroad Mileage
C. Industry
D. Export
9. What was the most important Southern
commodity (product)?
A. Tobacco
B. Cotton
C. Indigo
D. Whiskey
10. If the slave population
made up 33% of the
southern population. About
what percentage of the
American population did
they make up?
A. 5%
B. 15%
C. 66%
D. 10%
25.1 Emancipation Proclamation
On the first available left-side
hand side. This is your heading.
CA. Standards
• 8.10.4 Importance of Lincoln’s
Emancipation Proclamation, 1863.
• 8.10.5 Study A.A. soldiers and regiments.
• 8.10.7 How did the war affect soldiers,
civilians, the environment, and future
warfare.
Essential Questions
1. Why did Lincoln take so long to free slaves
and then only in the rebelling southern states?
2. In what ways was the Emancipation
Proclamation limited?
3. In what ways did the Emancipation
Proclamation change the Civil War and
harmed the South?
Emancipation Proclamation
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Abolitionists insist on freeing all slaves.
Lincoln’s worried the Border States
would secede.
- “If I could save the union without freeing
any slave, I would do it, and if I could
save it by freeing all the slaves I would
do it…”
• January 1, 1863, freed all slaves in
states fighting the Union.
Effects
• Changed the Civil War into a struggle for
moral right of freedom.
-Stop Britain to support the CSA.
-Wouldn’t support a government trying to
keep people enslaved.
• United A.A. to support the war.
-Allowed them to join the military.
Volunteering for War
• 189,000 joined the armed forces.
• Over half were escaped or freed slaves.
• If captured by the South, they were
sentenced to death or sent back to
slavery.
• Army was segregated, Navy wasn’t.
• Engaged in over 40 major battles and
hundreds of minor ones.
• Worked as cooks, wagon drivers, and
hospital aids.
54th Massachusetts
• Most famous A.A. regiment.
-Two of Fredrick Douglass sons
joined.
• July 18, 1863, lead an assault on
Ft. Wagner, SC.
-Loss half of its men.
Resisting Slavery
• Provided military aid and
information.
• Worked slowly or sabotaged farm
equipment.
• While slaveholders were off
fighting, slaves refused to work.
Study Guide
•Study guide pg. 179 and
textbook pg. 398-401.
•Just copy it down, this is
part of your homework.
War Affects America
• THIS IS YOUR TITLE ON A NEW LEFT
HAND SIDE.
CA. Standards
• 8.10.2 Differences between North
and South.
• 8.10.5 Study the lives of soldiers.
• 8.10.7 Explain how the war
affected everyone involved.
Essential Questions
1. Why were the draft laws necessary and how
did they differ in the North and South and
how did citizens protest to them?
2. How did the Civil War affect the economy of
both the North and South?
3. In what ways did Northerners and
Southerners protest the war?
Divisions in the South
• Strongest in GA. and NC.
-Half in GA. didn’t support secession.
-100 protests in NC. in 1863 alone.
-2nd in sending troop to fight.
• Poor regions of the south didn’t support
the war.
-Less slaveholders.
• Didn’t want officers from other states to
lead their men.
Divisions in the North
• Many opposed the Emancipation
Proclamation.
• South had a right to secede due to state’s
rights.
-Blame on Lincoln and Republicans.
• Copperheads (Northern Democrats) who
opposed the war.
-Demanded peace talks with the CSA.
-Support in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois.
Dealing with Disruptions
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On both sides.
Desertion, going AWOL, leaving the army.
Helping POWs escape.
War protests.
Suspend Habeas Corpus, constitutional
protection against unlawful imprisonment.
-Over 13,000 were held without trial.
Draft Laws
• Conscription or draft, a system
of required military service.
• April, 1862, CSA requires all
males 18-35yo, changed to 1750yo.
• Except those who owned 20+
slaves.
Cont’
• 1863, Union requires males 20-45yo to
fight.
• You can pay $300 to get out.
• Both sides could send substitutes.
• Draft riots, July 1863.
• New York City, mobs attacked A.A. and
the wealthy, over 100 people killed.
Economic Strains
• In the North.
• Industries boomed at first.
-Draft takes away workers creating
shortages of goods.
• Congress creates income tax.
-Tax on people’s wages.
• Printed greenback, paper money.
-Created inflation, general rise in prices.
-Prices rose about 80%.
Cont’
• In the South.
• Naval blockade prevented selling of cotton
overseas.
• Greater inflation.
• Up to 3000%-9000%.
• Food shortages led to food riots.
• Slaves suffered more.
Study Guide
•Study guide pg. 182 and
textbook pg. 402-406.
•Copy down and
complete as homework.