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Opener – 3 minutes. Read the section “ African Americans Participate in the War ” on page 531. Create this chart in your notebook:. African Americans in the War. Characteristics. Definition. Contrabands. Examples. Opposites. 54 th Massachusetts http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGKBgJFnPLc.
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Opener – 3 minutes • Read the section “African Americans Participate in the War” on page 531.
African Americans in the War Characteristics Definition Contrabands Examples Opposites
54thMassachusetts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGKBgJFnPLc
Opposition to the War • Read “Growing Opposition” on pages 532-533. • Give two reasons why many NORTHERNERS were against the war.
Copperheads Characteristics Definition Habeas Corpus Examples Opposites
Lincoln and Habeas Corpus • Why would Abraham Lincoln suspend the Writ of Habeas Corpus?
U.S. Constitution • Turn to page 194. • Article I – Section 8 – Clauses 12-16. • Gives the Congress the power to raise and support armies. • Does it mention conscription or a draft?
Civil War fighting • Read the section “On the Battlefield” page 533. • List 4 reasons why there were so many deaths during the Civil War. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd5abMNSmsE
Civilian Life • Read “Life as a Civilian” on page 534. • List two effects the war had on the NORTHERN economy. • List three ways in which women contributed during the Civil War. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUK80DPg7Pg
Formative Quiz • Which of these statements is true regarding black soldiers in the Union Army. • They were not allowed in the army. • They made up about 30% of the army. • They could only serve as cooks. • They were paid less than white soldiers.
Formative Quiz • About 3000 Union women served as battlefield nurses during the war. Though they couldn’t join the military and often worked without pay, their services were necessary because • Hospitals couldn’t handle the injured. • Disease killed more soldiers than fighting did. • Blacks weren’t allowed to serve as nurses. • Men refused to serve as nurses.