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Daily Life during the War. Chapter 15- Section 4. Topics for Today. Emancipation Proclamation. Democratic Party worried that slaves would take jobs Abolitionists argued that the Union would continue to be divided Emancipation would anger voters Slave labor helping the Confederates. .
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Daily Life during the War Chapter 15- Section 4
Emancipation Proclamation • Democratic Party worried that slaves would take jobs • Abolitionists argued that the Union would continue to be divided • Emancipation would anger voters • Slave labor helping the Confederates.
54th Massachusetts Infantry • Consisted mostly of free African Americans • 1863 Led a heroic charge on South Carolina’s Fort Wagner
54th Massachusetts Infantry • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGKBgJFnPLc
Copperheads • Northern Democrats • Called for the war to end • Peace Democrats • Midwesterners that sympathized with the South and opposed slavery
Habeas corpus • Habeas corpus- a constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment • Lincoln suspended the right to habeas corpus
Clara Barton • The “angel of the battlefield” • Organized the collection of medicine and supplies for delivery to the battlefield. • Volunteered at the field hospitals