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The Civil War and American Life

The Civil War and American Life. Word of the Day. Copperhead – Northern Democrats who opposed the war. Divisions Over War in the South. Regions with high slave populations supported the war more strongly. Why? Georgia and NC were tired of the war

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The Civil War and American Life

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  1. The Civil War and American Life

  2. Word of the Day • Copperhead – Northern Democrats who opposed the war

  3. Divisions Over War in the South • Regions with high slave populations supported the war more strongly. Why? • Georgia and NC were tired of the war • They didn’t want to be forced to participate in the war effort • States rights were a problem: SC didn’t want to have officers from other states leading SC natives

  4. Divisions Over War in the North • Many in the North opposed Emancipation Proclamation • Some believed we should leave the South alone, they had the right to leave the Union (FEDERALISM!!!) • Some Northern Democrats blamed Lincoln and the Republicans for leading the country into war

  5. Dealing With Disruptions • How do you disrupt a war effort? • Desertion. What is it? • Some northerners would help southern POWs escape back south.

  6. Question: How do you deal with a problem throughout the country? Why did Lincoln use martial law? Both Lincoln and Davis suspended the right of habeas corpus to dissolve problems with their respective countries. What is habeas corpus?

  7. What to do when your post is deserted… Between 300,000 and 500,000 Union and Confederate soldiers deserted their post in war.

  8. Draft Laws What is a draft? April 1862 – South Confederacy passes law requiring all men 18-35 to serve in the military for 3 years…that did NOT work Later, the range expanded to 17-50 1863 – North Men ages 20-45 were required to serve

  9. Buy your way out! In order to get out of the draft, all you had to do was pay $300…the equivalent to a year’s pay

  10. Draft Riots New York City, July 1863 People argue the draft makes the war a “poor man’s war.” Mobs of factory workers rioted for several days, destroying property and attacking African Americans and wealthy white men.

  11. Economic Strain What do you need to fight a war? When the draft was issued, men went off to war. No one was in the factory. Money: The Income Tax was issued to front the cost of war.

  12. Economic Strain (Cont.) Inflation: What is it? The government printed $400 million to pay for expenses. It was the first federal paper money (currency)

  13. More Difficulty in the South With the blockade from the North, why would it be hard for the Confederacy to raise money for war? INFLATION, INFLATION, INFLATION!!! 1862 – shoes cost about $18  1864 – up to $800 for a pair 1862- a pound of beef was about 12 cents  1865 – $8/lb

  14. Food Shortages Lead to More Riots Invading Union armies would destroy crops and farmland In Richmond, more than 1,000 women looted shops for food, cloth, and shoes in 1863 Slaves had very little as it was…and Confederate troops decided to take that little for their own gain

  15. Women in the War Disguised themselves to fight in the war Used as spies Tended to the farm at home when the men went to war Nurses on the battlefront Worked for the government

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