History Study GuideTopics:

Lincoln’s Problems
Battles
Gettysburg Address/ compare to dec of Ind
Women
Casualties
Generals
Emancipation
Camp Life
Economy
Lincoln’s Problems
General France/England No!
Cabinet disliked him Slavery
popular vote 39% family: son died/ wife depressed
death + economy

Greatest Quality: Doesn’t take things personally

Generals
Grant Stonewall
Sherman Lee
McClellan Beauregard

Camp Life
bad- drunks and boredom
bad food + small portions
letters and mail keep troops going

Casualties
1776-81 Revolution 9,000 6,200
1861-5 Civil War 570,000 360,000
1941-5 World War II 400,000 700,000
1964-73 Vietnam 58,000 153,000

Gettysburg Address compared to the Declaration of Independence

Gettysburg Address
Purpose: remember the soldiers that died
to tell the people that we haven’t finished fighting for the great cause (which is
defying the unity of this country
writing; big vocabulary
well written

UNITY
Dec of Ind:
Purpose: to declare independence and unify the country

writing: big vocabulary

well written
UNITY

Women
Women’s war: nurses-hospitals, cleaning camp
N: Sanitary Commission

Mary Livermore- - food

Clara Barton - - american red cross
Cath Wormsley - - hospital ship
MA Bickerdyke - - at the battles “She ranks me”

S: _________

Tomkins 73/1333 dead

every house was a hospital

Emancipation
1st day of January Emancipation Proclamation
Free slaves in SOUTH

Economy prices and profits rise

immigrants 800,000
new technology
women working