Unit 8 - Daily Life During the War

Unit 8 - Daily Life During the War

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Multiple Choice

The Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in the United States.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The Emancipation Proclamation was issued January 1st, 1863

• True

• False

Emancipation Proclamation

• The proclamation freed all Confederate slaves

• When the Union army goes into the CSA they can liberate slaves and even pay them for their labor in helping the Union army

• The proclamation also made this a war to end slavery and now Great Britain will have a tough time backing the Confederacy

• The CSA was outraged and will fight even harder to preserve slavery in the South

• No slaves will be freed in the border states because Lincoln fears they could switch over to the CSA and prolong or even loose the war

Multiple Select

Check all the border states. (Pick 4)

• Missouri

• Maryland

• Delaware

• Kentucky

• New Hampshire

Multiple Choice

Emancipated (freed) people could be paid by the Union army if they worked for them.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What European nation does the CSA want help from?

• France

• Denmark

• Spain

• Great Britain

Multiple Choice

After what battle did President Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Gettysburg

• Fort Sumter

• Bull Run

• Antietam

African Americans Participate in the War

• The USA started enlisting African Americans into the military as laborers in 1862

• By 1863 there were African American combat units

• The 54th Massachusetts Infantry was the most famous African American unit and lost half of their men attacking Fort Wagner in South Carolina

• 180,000 African Americans served in the Civil War for the Union and they made $3 a month less than white soldiers until Congress passed a law giving them equal pay

• The CSA did not treat African American Union soldiers well when they were captured and most were returned to slavery

• Fort Pillow Massacre was where the Confederate army killed hundreds of African American soldiers from a Union fort in Tennessee (Fort Pillow) even after they tried to surrender

Multiple Choice

How many African American soldiers served in the Civil War?

• 100,000

• 130,000

• 180,000

• 200,000

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the one African American infantry regiment from New England?

• 51st Massachusetts

• 54th Maryland

• 54th Massachusetts

• 55th Massachusetts

Growing Opposition

• Copperheads - Northern Democrats began protesting the war and sympathized with the Confederacy and wanted to end the war and allow the CSA to become independent

• President Lincoln began jailing Copperheads and not giving them their right to a speedy and public trial

• The Draft was used to force men to join the military unless you paid $300.

• Some Confederates sent their slaves in their place to provide labor for the CSA army towards the end of the war

• Riots broke out in New York City and Baltimore over the presence of Union soldiers

• The Democrats ran George McClellan against President Lincoln in the 1864 Election and victories in Georgia saved Lincoln's presidency

Multiple Choice

Every healthy man had to join the army and there was no way they could get out of serving in the war

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What state's battles saved President Lincoln's presidency in the Election of 1864?

• Tennessee

• Florida

• Georgia

• South Carolina

Life for Soldiers and Civilians 

• On the Battlefield soldiers faced horrific wounds and many would die from lack of medical care and infections

• Disease was the biggest killer of soldiers and spread through the camps killing hundreds of thousands

• Prisoners of War were not treated well and many prisoners died of starvation, diseases, and neglect

• The warden of Andersonville prison in Georgia was put to death for the way he ran his prison

• Life as a Civilian women, children, and the elderly worked on farms or in factories and stores and other businesses were run by the men's wives

• Clara Barton and 3,000 other women were nurses during the war and were the "Angels of the Battlefields" for the Union army

Multiple Select

What were some of the jobs women performed during the Civil War? (Pick 4)

• Worked as clerks in government

• Farmers

• Fought in all women infantry regiments

• Worked on factories

• Ran Businesses

Multiple Select

What were three ways a soldier could die as a prisoner of war?

• Neglect

• Starvation

• Diseases

• Animal Mauling