16 4 daily life during the war
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CHAPTER 16: The Civil War
Section 4: Daily Life During the War
VOCABULARY Emancipation: The freeing of the slaves Habeas corpus: Constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment Draft: Forced military service
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
At first Lincoln only wanted to preserve the Union
“If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that.”
-Abraham Lincoln
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
Later he realizes only emancipation made sense Antietam allowed him to do it He wrote the Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln and his Cabinet after Writing the
Emancipation Proclamation
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION • Only freed slaves in rebel territory• Union didn’t control this area
African American Soldiers Fighting for
the Union
OPPOSITION TO THE WAR
Many Northern Democrats were against the war• Called Copperheads
OPPOSITION TO THE WAR
Others were against the draft
New York City
Draft Riots
OPPOSITION TO THE WAR
In response, Lincoln suspended habeas corpus
Civil War Casualty list in
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Civil War Prison Camps
ON THE HOME FRONT The economy in the
North boomed
Producing the
Weapons of War
ON THE HOME FRONT Women ran family
farms & businesses – usually jobs for men