Transcript 16.3-A Call to Freedom 16.4-Life During the Civil War

16.3-A Call to Freedom
16.4-Life During the Civil War
Emancipation Proclamation
Page 473
• Orginially main goal for Union was to
preserve Union.
• Republican Party, including Lincoln
wanted to only prevent the expansion of
slavery
• Attitudes about slavery began to change in
the North.
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Response from Lincoln about
pressure to declare an end to
slavery
Emancipation Proclamation
• Many Northerners felt that slavery was
helping the war effort in the South
• Slaves raised crops to feed armies
• They dug trenches for the Confederates
protection in battles
Emancipation Proclamation
• Lincoln wanted to wait until the right
moment to emancipate all slaves in the
South
• The win at Battle of Antietam was the right
moment.
Effects of Proclamation
• Applied only to areas that the Confederacy
controlled.
• Did not actually free anyone
• Lincoln hoped that the slaves would hear
of this proclamation and would encourage
them to run away.
Joyful response
• Many Abolitionist greeted news with joy.
• Britain and France decided to withhold
recognition of the Confederacy
• Congress started to prepare a
constitutional amendment to abolish
slavery
• However, the 13th Amendment is not
passed until 1865
African Americans in War
• Lincoln decided to permit African
Americans to join the Union army
• By end of the war 1/6th of enslaved
persons fled to the Union
• African Americans were never allowed to
fight in the Confederacy.
African American Soldiers
• By end of war, 10% of the army and 18%
of the Navy was African Americans.
• They received lower pay than white
soldiers/sailors. In 1864, they began to
receive equal pay.
16:4 Life During the Civil War
• An American Story: page 478
• Reality of War: New rifles with greater
accuracy helped create thousands of
casualties in each battle.
• Medical facilities were overwhelmed.
Reality of War
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Faced with horrors, many men deserted.
11:1 Union
8:1 Confederate
Confederates suffered from lack of food
and supplies which led to starvation
• How can you fight a war when you can’t
feed the troops?
Women and the War
• Men off to war, women took over their jobs
• They helped roll bandages, wove blankets
and made ammunition.
• They raised money for supplies
• Took over home responsibilities