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1. Who were the first to enlist in the 54th Massachusetts Infantry?
2. In his proclamation, what did Jefferson Davis threaten to do to black soldiers and white officers?
3. By 1863, how many black soldiers were in the regiment?
4. How did the Battle of Fort Wagner affect other all black units?
5. Why do you think it's important to learn about the story of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry? Explain.
2. In his proclamation, what did Jefferson Davis threaten to do to black soldiers and white officers?
3. By 1863, how many black soldiers were in the regiment?
4. How did the Battle of Fort Wagner affect other all black units?
5. Why do you think it's important to learn about the story of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry? Explain.
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To help pay for the war, the Confederacy had printed paper money. This money was not backed by gold. So as the South started to lose the war, the money’s value fell. Prices soared. Also, shortages of food and other products added to the South’s economic problems.
In the North, the situation was much better. Most industries were booming and many businesses made immense profits. However, wages did not keep up with prices, so standards of living declined. The North needed money to pay for the war. First, it too printed paper money, but it did not lose its value. Congress also instituted an income tax, a tax that takes a specified percentage of an individual’s income. |
Life for soldiers on both sides was difficult. Many soldiers suffered and died from wounds they received in battles. They also suffered from poor army food, filthy conditions, and disease.
Early in the war, the federal government set up the United States Sanitary Commission to improve sanitary conditions for soldiers and to train nurses. It set up hospital trains and ships to move wounded soldiers from the battlefield.
More than 3,000 northern women served as nurses during the war. Some, like Clara Barton, worked on the front lines. The Confederacy had many volunteer nurses, too. Conditions for soldiers in war prisons were even worse than in camps. The worst Confederate prison was at Andersonville, Georgia. It was overcrowded, and prisoners were not provided with any shelter. About a third of the prisoners died. |
Prison camps in the North were not much better. Northern prisons provided more space per man, barracks for sleeping, and enough food. However, there was little or no heat. As a result, thousands of southern prisoners contracted pneumonia and died.
The Civil War changed the nation in many ways. The nation experienced significant political changes. After the war, no state ever threatened secession again. The federal government became much more powerful and a part of people’s everyday lives. Before the war, most citizens dealt with their county governments. But during the war, the federal government had passed conscription and an income tax.
The Civil War also affected the nation’s economy. During the war, the federal government did much to help businesses in the nation. The governmentchelped fund a national railroad system and passed the National Bank Act of 1863, which created a new national banking system.
The war widened the economic gap between North and South. The northern economy boomed, as the region produced many different kinds of goods. The southern economy, however, had collapsed. The labor system of slavery was gone. Southern industry and railroads were destroyed. Many farms also lay in ruins. As a result, the South would remain poor for many decades. |
The human cost of the war was huge. More than 600,000 soldiers died. More than 500,000 were wounded. Nearly 10 percent of the nation’s population had served in the military, leaving their jobs, farms, and families.
The war also led to great changes in individual lives. After the war, African Americans’ lives began to slowly improve—at least on paper. In 1865 the nation added the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution. It abolished slavery everywhere in the United States. It also ended the Three-Fifths Compromise, so for the first time, African Americans would be fully represented in the government.
The war also led to great changes in individual lives. After the war, African Americans’ lives began to slowly improve—at least on paper.
The war also led to great changes in individual lives. After the war, African Americans’ lives began to slowly improve—at least on paper.
In 1865 the nation added the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution. It abolished slavery everywhere in the United States. It also ended the Three-Fifths Compromise, so for the first time, African Americans would be fully represented in the government.
After the war, soldiers and military leaders in both the North and South had to find a new direction for their lives. Many veterans returned to their small towns or farms. Some moved to large cities in search of work or went west for other opportunities. Some turned their wartime experience to good. Clara Barton, for example, helped to start the American Red Cross. This organization provided relief to people in disasters and emergencies. |
Lincoln’s plans to reunify the country after the war would never come to be, because only five days after General Lee surrendered at Appomattox, President Lincoln was shot by a southern sympathizer. Lincoln was at a play in Ford’s Theater in Washington, DC, when John Wilkes Booth shot him. The president died the next day. Lincoln’s body was carried by train from Washington to his hometown of Springfield, Illinois. Seven million people, or almost one-third of the Union population, turned out to pay their respects.
1. How were the economies of the North and the South affected by the Civil War?
2. What conditions did soldiers face?
3. What was the purpose of the U.S. Sanitary Commission?
4. How did the Civil War change the role of the federal government?
5. How did the Civil War change the lives of African Americans? Explain?
2. What conditions did soldiers face?
3. What was the purpose of the U.S. Sanitary Commission?
4. How did the Civil War change the role of the federal government?
5. How did the Civil War change the lives of African Americans? Explain?
Identify the items below and tell me what they are!
1. Secession
2. Popular Sovereignty
3. Fugitive Slave Act
4. John Brown
5. Dred Scott
6. Ulysses S. Grant
7. Robert E. Lee
8. Gettysburg Address
9. Appomattox Court House
10. John Wilkes Booth
2. Popular Sovereignty
3. Fugitive Slave Act
4. John Brown
5. Dred Scott
6. Ulysses S. Grant
7. Robert E. Lee
8. Gettysburg Address
9. Appomattox Court House
10. John Wilkes Booth