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6.This was the first state to secede from the United States. Kentucky South Carolina

6.This was the first state to secede from the United States. Kentucky South Carolina North Carolina Alabama. Northern counties of a slave state didn’t want to secede and created this state. North Carolina North Dakota Maryland West Virginia.

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6.This was the first state to secede from the United States. Kentucky South Carolina

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  1. 6.This was the first state to secede from the United States. • Kentucky • South Carolina • North Carolina • Alabama

  2. Northern counties of a slave state didn’t want to secede and created this state. • North Carolina • North Dakota • Maryland • West Virginia

  3. 8. The only resource that the South beat the North in, is what? • Population • Railroad Mileage • Industry • Export

  4. What was the most important Southern commodity (product)? • Tobacco • Cotton • Indigo • Whiskey

  5. 10. If the slave population made up 33% of the southern population. About what percentage of the American population did they make up? A. 5% B. 15% C. 66% D. 10%

  6. 25.1 Emancipation Proclamation On the first available left-side hand side. This is your heading.

  7. CA. Standards • 8.10.4 Importance of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, 1863. • 8.10.5 Study A.A. soldiers and regiments. • 8.10.7 How did the war affect soldiers, civilians, the environment, and future warfare.

  8. Essential Questions • Why did Lincoln take so long to free slaves and then only in the rebelling southern states? • In what ways was the Emancipation Proclamation limited? • In what ways did the Emancipation Proclamation change the Civil War and harmed the South?

  9. Emancipation Proclamation • Abolitionists insist on freeing all slaves. • Lincoln’s worried the Border States would secede. - “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…” • January 1, 1863, freed all slaves in states fighting the Union.

  10. Effects • Changed the Civil War into a struggle for moral right of freedom. -Stop Britain to support the CSA. -Wouldn’t support a government trying to keep people enslaved. • United A.A. to support the war. -Allowed them to join the military.

  11. Volunteering for War • 189,000 joined the armed forces. • Over half were escaped or freed slaves. • If captured by the South, they were sentenced to death or sent back to slavery. • Army was segregated, Navy wasn’t. • Engaged in over 40 major battles and hundreds of minor ones. • Worked as cooks, wagon drivers, and hospital aids.

  12. 54th Massachusetts • Most famous A.A. regiment. -Two of Fredrick Douglass sons joined. • July 18, 1863, lead an assault on Ft. Wagner, SC. -Loss half of its men.

  13. Resisting Slavery • Provided military aid and information. • Worked slowly or sabotaged farm equipment. • While slaveholders were off fighting, slaves refused to work.

  14. Study Guide • Study guide pg. 179 and textbook pg. 398-401. • Just copy it down, this is part of your homework.

  15. War Affects America • THIS IS YOUR TITLE ON A NEW LEFT HAND SIDE.

  16. CA. Standards • 8.10.2 Differences between North and South. • 8.10.5 Study the lives of soldiers. • 8.10.7 Explain how the war affected everyone involved.

  17. Essential Questions • Why were the draft laws necessary and how did they differ in the North and South and how did citizens protest to them? • How did the Civil War affect the economy of both the North and South? • In what ways did Northerners and Southerners protest the war?

  18. Divisions in the South • Strongest in GA. and NC. -Half in GA. didn’t support secession. -100 protests in NC. in 1863 alone. -2nd in sending troop to fight. • Poor regions of the south didn’t support the war. -Less slaveholders. • Didn’t want officers from other states to lead their men.

  19. Divisions in the North • Many opposed the Emancipation Proclamation. • South had a right to secede due to state’s rights. -Blame on Lincoln and Republicans. • Copperheads (Northern Democrats) who opposed the war. -Demanded peace talks with the CSA. -Support in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois.

  20. Dealing with Disruptions • On both sides. • Desertion, going AWOL, leaving the army. • Helping POWs escape. • War protests. • Suspend Habeas Corpus, constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment. -Over 13,000 were held without trial.

  21. Draft Laws • Conscription or draft, a system of required military service. • April, 1862, CSA requires all males 18-35yo, changed to 17-50yo. • Except those who owned 20+ slaves.

  22. Cont’ • 1863, Union requires males 20-45yo to fight. • You can pay $300 to get out. • Both sides could send substitutes. • Draft riots, July 1863. • New York City, mobs attacked A.A. and the wealthy, over 100 people killed.

  23. Economic Strains • In the North. • Industries boomed at first. -Draft takes away workers creating shortages of goods. • Congress creates income tax. -Tax on people’s wages. • Printed greenback, paper money. -Created inflation, general rise in prices. -Prices rose about 80%.

  24. Cont’ • In the South. • Naval blockade prevented selling of cotton overseas. • Greater inflation. • Up to 3000%-9000%. • Food shortages led to food riots. • Slaves suffered more.

  25. Study Guide • Study guide pg. 182 and textbook pg. 402-406. • Copy down and complete as homework.

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