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Life During the Civil War
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African Americans Emancipation Proclamation Militia Act
54th Massachusetts Regiment Freed slaves form their own regiments Spies and Guides Harriet Tubman in the War 180,000 will serve in the union army
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Homefront- North Economy Land Draft Copperheads Income tax
Higher tariffs Bonds Land Trans-Continental Railroad- Pacific Railroad Act Homestead Act of 1862 Draft Hiring of “replacements” leads to riots Copperheads Suspension of Habeas Corpus PRA- granted companies land to build rail lines
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Homefront- South Blockade Paying for the War
Blockade runners- built by British Paying for the War Not a lot of money Steal from Union Inflation and food shortage Draft, suspends Habeas Corpus, and seizes private property
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Soldiers Life Disease!!! Prison Camps Amputation
For every soldier killed in battle two dies of disease Prison Camps Andersonville, GA Amputation Andersonville- 15 months 12,000 union soldiers died
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Women During the War Women left at home Nursing Spies Freed Women?
Clara Barton- creation of the red cross Spies Mary Ann Pittman- Confederate Freed Women?
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