Good afterlunch! Please get out your First Four work and your Major Themes sheet. Be ready for a First Four activity on the next slide.
The Ledger of John White 1856 I see…, I think…, I wonder… Matilda Selby, 9, $400.00 sold to Mr. Covington, St. Louis, $425.00 Brooks Selby, 19, $750.00 Left at Home – Crazy Fred McAfee, 22, $800.00 Sold to Pepidal, Donaldsonville, $1200.00 Howard Barnett, 25, $750.00 Ranaway. Sold out of jail, $540.00 Harriett Barnett, 17, $550.00 Sold to Davenport and Jones, Lafourche, $900.00 The Ledger of John White 1856
Life & Politics During the Civil War GQ#2 - How great was the immediate impact of the Civil War?
Life During the Civil War Economics North Economic prosperity for some Many pro-business policies enacted by Republicans Morrill Tariff Pacific Railway Act National Banking Act Homestead Act First income tax Inflation Growth in size & Power of Fed Govt Confederacy Early enthusiasm gave way to economic hardship Naval Blockade Food shortages Impressments & looting Inflation Salt – from 50 cents/bag to $10/bag Rich vs. Poor Emancipation Widespread physical destruction
The “Plain Folk” [white yeoman farmers] Southern Society (1860) Planter Aristocracy 1,700 Most Slave Owners The “Plain Folk” [white yeoman farmers] Owned no slaves ¾ of Whites Mountain Whites Freedmen – 250,000 Slaves 4 Million
Slave-Owning Population (1850)
Life During the Civil War Social Divisions Confederacy Planter Aristocrats Yeoman Farmers Poor Resentment of rich as war dragged on Costs of war Draft Role of Women Slaves 3.5 million North Industrialists Middle class Poor Immigrants Free Blacks Role of Women
Life During the Civil War Political Divisions Confederacy ~100,000 Union Supporters Every state except SC raised at least one Union Army unit “Unionists” in each southern state Sam Houston – TX Andrew Johnson - TN North Democrats vs. Republicans Peace Democrats (Copperheads) & War Democrats 1862 Mid-term elections Big gains for Dems 1864 Presidential Election Lincoln – National Union Party
Presidential Election of 1864
The Progress of War: 1861-1865
Mid-Unit 2 Vocab Review Use your brain. Use your group. Use your notes.
Paper 2 Intro Examples from Unit 2
Reflection: Paper 2 part A Why was the South affected so negatively by the Civil War?
Socratic Seminar Prep See Pre-Seminar Task Read Docs Answer Questions What questions do you have?