8Y 11-4-2014 Please pick up your Do Now from the tray. Today’s Agenda: Do Now and discussion Homework check and discussion Chapter 16.4 Lesson Work time and exit ticket

Ch 16.4 Daily Life During the War. Main Ideas: The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in Confederate states. African Americans participated in the war in a variety of ways. President Lincoln faced opposition to the war. Life was difficult for soldiers and civilians alike.

The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in Confederate states. Even though Lincoln eventually believed that African Americans were fully entitled to the same rights of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness in the Dec. of Indep, he didn’t think he had the constitutional power to free (emancipate) slaves. He also worried about results. E.P. was more symbolic than real. Victory in Battle of Antietam allowed Lincoln to give E.P. Results: Mixed reactions among abolitionists. Crippled South’s ability to wage war.

African Americans participated in the war in a variety of ways. Served in the military, despite some white resistance. Both escaped slaves and free Africans joined. Formed their own units. 54th Massachusetts infantry – most famous. Victory in Fort Wagner, SC. 180,000 were in the Union army, $10 per month v. $13 month 1864 election Lincoln gives them right to vote.

President Lincoln faced opposition to the war. Copperheads – sympathized with the South and opposed abolition. War not necessary. Lincoln suspended habeas corpus (protection against unlawful imprisonment) Union officials jailed opponents without evidence or trial. Draft – March 1863, but unfair because people could buy their way out of it. Led to riots and strikes.

Life was difficult for soldiers and civilians alike. Massive casualties in the battle field. Doctors and nurses saved many lives, but many more died from infection. Typhoid, pneumonia, and tuberculosis killed twice as many soldiers as fighting. Prison camps: awful conditions, starvation and disease. Civilians: women, too young, too old = factories and farms. Women became backbone. Clara Barton – collected medicine and supplies for soldiers – “angel of the battlefield”

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