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Life During Wartime . Section 11-3 pp. 351-356. Preview Questions. What discrimination did African Americans face? How did the war affect the Northern and Southern economies? What conditions did soldiers face?. African Americans . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Life During Wartime
Section 11-3 pp. 351-356
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Preview Questions
• What discrimination did African Americans face?
• How did the war affect the Northern and Southern economies?
• What conditions did soldiers face?
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African Americans
• Many African Americans enlist in the Union army after the Emancipation Proclamation is issued. – Ex: 5th Massachusetts Regiment
• Discrimination in the Union Army – Served in segregated units – Fought with inadequate or no supplies – Paid less than whites or not at all
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African Americans
• African Americans in the South – Slaves fought for Confederacy at end of war – Slaves protested by destroying property or
refusing to work – Some slaves ran away
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War Affects Regional Economies• Southern Economy
Suffers: – Decline in slave
labor– Union blockade
led to smuggling– Scarcity of food
led to riots– Inflation cause
high prices
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War Affects Regional Economies
• Northern Economy Prospers:– Demand for war goods led to manufacturing
boom– Wages did not increase, but prices did strikes– First national income tax used to pay for war
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Soldiers Suffer on Both Sides• Lives on the Battlefield
– Poor sanitation and hygiene
– Poor rations (food supplies)
• Civil War Medicine – High death rates from
infection – Many amputations – Clara Barton founds
American Red Cross
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Soldiers Suffer on Both Sides
• Prisons– Andersonville
(Confederate Prison) • Overcrowded • Exposed to outdoor
elements • Lack of food • Poor sanitation
– Northern prisons were not much better