• Learning Goals:1.Analyze how the

Emancipation Proclamation affected the war effort.

2.Identify contributions African American soldiers made to the Union cause.

The picture is the 54th Massachusetts at the Battle of Fort Wagner in Charleston, South Carolina.

• Journal Question:

You have been wounded in a Civil War

battle. Describe your thoughts from the

time the bullet hits you until you

have been fully treated by the medical

corps. Choose any one of the battles we have

discussed.

Journal Question:Journal Question:

Explanation - Inflation is an increase inExplanation - Inflation is an increase in

prices and decrease in the value ofprices and decrease in the value of

money. Inflation occurs when prices money. Inflation occurs when prices

rise and the purchasing power of rise and the purchasing power of

money falls. money falls. Imagine that the price of Imagine that the price of

everything sold today were to double.everything sold today were to double.

Describe in detail how your life Describe in detail how your life

would change.would change.

1.1.Abraham Lincoln issued Abraham Lincoln issued the the Emancipation Emancipation ProclamationProclamation because because he hoped he hoped to weaken to weaken the South’s ability to the South’s ability to fight the war.fight the war.

2.2. Lincoln issued Lincoln issued the Emancipation the Emancipation Proclamation Proclamation after after AntietamAntietam because he because he wanted to be in a wanted to be in a position of position of strength when he strength when he freed the slaves.freed the slaves.

3. 3. The The Emancipation Emancipation

ProclamationProclamation made the made the Civil War a Civil War a war of war of liberation.liberation.

An Emancipation Day An Emancipation Day parade.parade.

4. The 4. The 5454thth Massachusetts Massachusetts Volunteers became famous when Volunteers became famous when they they led a heroic attack on Fort led a heroic attack on Fort Wagner in South Carolina.Wagner in South Carolina.

Sergeant John RawlinsSergeant John Rawlins

5. 5. LincolnLincoln handled Northern handled Northern opposition to the war by having opposition to the war by having protestors arrested and holding protestors arrested and holding citizens without formal chargescitizens without formal charges..

6. In July 1863,6. In July 1863,anger overanger overconscription and conscription and racial tensions racial tensions led led to to draft riots in draft riots in New York City New York City

that that killed over 1000 killed over 1000 peoplepeople..

The Statue of The Statue of Liberty and the Liberty and the Brooklyn Bridge Brooklyn Bridge had not been had not been created yet.created yet.

7. 7. Throughout the Throughout the Civil War, Civil War, the role of the role of womenwomen in both the in both the North and the South North and the South increased in nursing, increased in nursing, factory jobs, and factory jobs, and spyingspying. Women were . Women were not hired not hired to work in to work in the the government.government.

The Statue of The Statue of Liberty and the Liberty and the Brooklyn Bridge Brooklyn Bridge had not been had not been created yet.created yet.

8. 8. The South The South suffered suffered extreme extreme inflation during inflation during the Civil Warthe Civil War. . For example, a For example, a dozen eggs dozen eggs could cost as could cost as much as $6.00 much as $6.00 and a quart of and a quart of milk was milk was $10.00.$10.00.