The Effects of the Civil War

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The Effects of the Civil War
Presentation developed as part of the Adventure
of the American Mind project funded through the
Library of Congress. Original documents, and
pictures come from the American Memory
Collection of the Library of Congress.

• Social Studies
• April 2002
• Ms. Lloyd

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The Presidents Role

• Abraham Lincoln was the President during the time
  of the Civil War.
• He wrote an order that would free all slaves
  known as the Emanicipation Proclamation.

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The Emancipation Proclamation

• Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation in
  1863.
• Its purpose was to free the slaves in the
  Confederate states.
• The president knew that it would make some people
  in the North and South angry.

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Reasons for the Emancipation Proclamation

• The war was going bad for the North.
• Lincoln needed a way to turn things around
• He thought that freeing the slaves in the South
  would help bring about that change

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Effects

• The war, and the Emancipation Proclamation
  effected the North and the South.

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In the North..

• During the war, everyday life was still the same.
• If you had family in the army you worried about
  them, but the war was taking place far away from
  your home.

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In the South..

• Life was very different because most of the
  battles were fought in the South.
• Everyday items could not be gotten. Therefore,
  you had to make do with the things that you had
  and you used items in many different ways.

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After the War in the North

• There were about 360,000 deaths on the Union
  (North) side of the war.

• There were more
• factories, which meant
• more jobs.

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After the War in the North

• Many freed
• slaves moved to
• the North.
• The Northern
• states gained a
• lot of power in
• the government.

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After the War in the South

• There were about 260,000 deaths on the side of
  the South.
• It took along time for the South to recover.

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After the War in the South

• Cities and towns had to be rebuilt.
• People had a hard time believing the
• war was really over.

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The end of Slavery

• As a result of Abraham Lincolns decision.
  African slaves now had their freedom.
• They were no longer owned like property.

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The end of Slavery

• Slaves no longer had to live and work on
  plantations.
• However, some slaves did stay and work for their
  former owners. They were still free.

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What next?

• Most ex-slaves had no education, and had little
  or no money.
• Some moved North in search for a better life.
• Freed slaves began to form their own
  communities.
• Although they were free, life was still hard.

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Hope for the Future

• In 1865 Congress set up the Freedmens Bureau to
  help former slaves adapt to the changes in their
  lives.
• Its greatest contribution was to provide
  education for former slaves in the South.