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Transcript of SWBAT: Read UpFront article about the Emancipation Proclamation and identify 5 things you LEARNED...
SWBAT:
Read UpFront article about the Emancipation Proclamation and identify 5 things you LEARNED from the reading.
Do Now:
Describe the impact of the Civil War on various groups of people including women, soldiers, African Americans and children.
Emancipation Proclamation – January 1, 1863
Lincoln didn’t believe he had power to abolish slavery
Ordered army to emancipate slaves in south
Didn’t immediately free slaves Military action aimed at rebellion Did not apply to union slave states or
confederate areas already under union control
Impact of Proclamation:With a partner, draw a 3 column
chart identifying the moral, political and military impact of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Emancipation Proclamation http://
www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/abraham-lincoln/videos/gilder-lehrman-the-emancipation-proclamation
Impact of Proclamation: Not much practical effect, but high
symbolic & moral purpose Politically Free blacks – welcomed enlistment Northern Democrats – thought it would
anger south & prolong war Soldiers – grudgingly accepted Confederates – outraged, it was now a
fight to the death!
African Americans Performed “support” jobs on both sides After EP, many escaped slaves and
freedmen joined military Segregated units, did not fight in combat
until July 1863 Lower pay, worst jobs About 10% of union forces by end of war
(fought in 200 battles, 38,000 died) South allowed black soldiers weeks before
war ended
Life in the MilitaryDisease the biggest killer of
soldiers (2x as many as battle)Medical conditions unsanitary,
infections commonU.S. Sanitary Commission created Camp life was boring, lack of
proper food and clothing
Prison Camps At first, neither side kept prisoners, they
promised to return home instead of army or were exchanged
When AA’s began joining army, this changed
Confeds. captured blacks to enslave or execute, both sides began holding prisoners
Not treated well on either side – overcrowded, lack of food, unsanitary
Prison CampsFort Pillow – massacre of African American
prisoners as they begged for their livesAndersonville – South’s worst prison camp,
overcrowded, unsanitaryElmira – northern prison camp, became just
like Andersonvillehttps://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg0lpjQi9cI
Life on the Home FrontSouth – shortages due to
blockade, few factories, low food production, inflation, scarcity.
Women looted shops, men left army to help families
Extended enlistments; began draft (conscription), slaveholders exempt
In south, took men age 17-50
Conscription (drafting) South – could hire subs, exempted
planters who owned 20+ slaves (90% of those eligible served)
North – started March 1863; could hire subs or pay $300 to avoid draft
Only 46,000 draftees (92% volunteered) Draft Riots in NY – July 13-16, 1863 Irish immigrants protested, mobs attacked
people & burned buildings (100 died)
Political Problems Lincoln suspended writ of habeus corpus (being
told of charges & evidence against you) Southern sympathizers arrested and held w/out
trial Seized telegraph operations Ignored SC ruling that he went beyond his
Constitutional powers Copperheads – Northern Dems who advocated
peace Davis denounced his actions, later followed his
lead