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Emancipation

Emancipation. His first challenge was that the U.S. Constitution did not prohibit slavery. Individual states could outlaw slavery, but not the U.S. Government. Emancipation.

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Emancipation

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  1. Emancipation His first challenge was that the U.S. Constitution did not prohibit slavery. Individual states could outlaw slavery, but not the U.S. Government.

  2. Emancipation Lincoln used his background as a lawyer to come up with a solution more or less based on the following questions that I would like you to answer:

  3. Emancipation Question: How did slave owners legally consider their slaves (and horses, buildings, etc…)?

  4. Emancipation Answer: Slaves were considered to be property.

  5. Emancipation Question: What happens to property that armies capture from their enemy during a war? Image courtesy Library of Congress

  6. Emancipation Answer: The property captured (called contraband) belongs to the army that captured it and its government.

  7. Emancipation The war was no longer just about preserving the union, it was also about freeing the slaves. http://youtu.be/xh3-9R7Q0OE

  8. United States Colored Troops In the Emancipation Proclamation Lincoln addressed the enlistment of African Americans in the United States armed forces. Image courtesy Library of Congress

  9. United States Colored Troops

  10. Life at War

  11. The Average SoldierThey were old and young, but mostly young…

  12. The average Yank or Reb was white, native-born, farmer, protestant, single, between 18 and 29. He stood about 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighed about 143 pounds. Most soldiers were between the ages of 18 and 39 with an average age of 25.

  13. What They Ate • Salt pork, bacon, or beef • Soft bread, flour, cornmeal, or hardtack • Beans or peas • Rice or hominy • Coffee • Tea • Sugar • Vinegar • Molasses

  14. Where They Slept

  15. When They Weren’t Fighting “first thing in the morning is drill, then drill, then drill again. Then drill, drill, a little more drill. Then drill and lastly drill. Between drills, we drill….” – Union Soldier

  16. Life and Death Disease and Hygiene • Everyone and everything smelled during the Civil War. • Diarrhea was the greatest killer during the Civil War. • Of the more than 620,000 soldiers who died in the war, more than 400,000 died of sickness and disease.

  17. Life and Death "You have given your boys to die for their country. Now you can give your girls to nurse them.” -Nurse Mary Stinebaugh

  18. Life and Death About 2.75 million soldiers fought in the Civil War.More than 620,000 men died in the war, with disease killing twice as many as those lost in battle.

  19. The Home Front

  20. The Home Front The Civil War touched the lives of every American family,North and South.

  21. The Role of Women What actions are women taking to support the soldiers in the picture?

  22. The Role of Women Life must go on.Women North and South take over men's work Women in the South managed plantations. Many did agricultural labor. In the North, women took on manufacturing jobs or farm work while husbands and sons were away.

  23. The Role of Women Some women disguised themselves as men and marched off to war Medical examinations were lax allowing some women to sneak through and serve Jenny Hodgers

  24. The Role of the Family Sometimes families followed soldiers into the army.

  25. The Role of the Family Children worked in the fields for the family while fathers or older brothers were away at war.

  26. The Role of Slaves In the South, Some slaves continued to work for their masters and mistresses, providing for troops and families for which they worked. However, many left, fleeing to the North in hopes of a better life.

  27. The Role of Slaves Many of the freed men joined the Union forces.

  28. Challenging Times In the South, families faced shortages of raw materials, food, clothing and medical supplies due to the Union blockade.

  29. Challenging Times Shortages became so severe that in 1863 the women of Richmond marched on the government in a “Bread Riot.”

  30. Challenging Times Those on the home front had to meet the needs of their family as well as support the needs of the army.

  31. Information Telegraph Newspapers Photography Postal service Newspaper reading was at an all time high.

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  33. Information Casualty lists were dreaded.

  34. Information Photojournalism

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  36. Information People kept in touch through letter writing.

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