LINCOLN'S POLICIES DURING THE CIVIL WAR - ONE MAIN GOAL WAS TO SAVE THE UNION. 1.. SUSPENDS HABEAS CORPUS - IN BORDER STATES 2. RAISED AN ARMY (75,000) 3. TOOK MONEY OUT OF THE U.S. TREASURY FOR THE WAR EFFORT ( $2 MILLION) 4. EXILED COPPERHEADS (NORTHERN DEMOCRATS WHO WERE AGAINST THE WAR) 5. USED MILITARY COURTS TO TRY CIVILIANS 6. EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION - JANUARY 1, 1863. FREED ALL SLAVES HELD IN ANY STATE UNDER THE CONTROL THE CONFEDERACY.

THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS AND WOMEN: 1. HEROES OF THE BATTLEFIELD - 180,000 JOINED THE UNION ARMY. AT FIRST THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED IN BATTLE BUT WERE PERMITTED IN 1863 - 38,000 DIED. THE MOVIE GLORY TELLS THEIR HEROIC STORY