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Abby Regan 9/26/11 USHCP Mr. Masterson

Key Terms Anacoda Plan: The plan in which the North first captures Richmond, then take control of the Mississippi River, and finally to establish a naval blockade of the south. US Sanitary Commission: Battled diseases and infections that killed soliders. Conscription: A draft that forced people to become soldiers to fight in the war. Copper Heads: Limitedm their antiwar protests to newspapers and speeches. Habeaus Corpus: A protection against unlawful imprisonment.

Key People Mary Boykin Chesnut: Wrote a diary that helped people picture the life of the southern women during the war. Elizabeth Blackwell: The first licensed female doctor who helped run the U.S. Sanitary Commisson. Clara Barton:Cared for the wounded on the battlefield, founded the American Red Cross. Sally Louisa Tompkins: Became a captian for the Confederate army so that her hosptials could qualify as military hospitals.\

Summary

Strategies of War
 * The North's primary goal was to get the south to join the Union again.
 * The North made its plans based on the geography of the South.
 * The South's plan was to take control of DC and invade the north in order to get the disrupt Union communications and gain European support.
 * Because Britain and France relied on the South's cotton so much, the South knew that one or both of the countries would come to help them.
 * The South's plan failed because since niether Britain or France actually depended on Southerner's cotton, they didn't come to help the south.

The Military Experience
 * Both sides were composed mostly of young, inexperienced soliders.
 * Both sides had shortages of food, clothing, and weapons. Uniforms: North = Blue, South = Grey
 * The lack of necessary provisions, as well as dirty environments, led to breakouts of diseases.
 * Many soliders died from illnesses and infections, and doctors couldn't do much, as they were short on supplies as well.
 * The conditions in the prisons were the worst.
 * Men had to bond and play sports, as they faced boredem, lonliness, and homesickness.

The Home Front
 * Women and men who couldn't fight had many responsibilities at the house.

The North
 * Since the Union needed supplies, there were many jobs avaliable to women and children in arsenals ans sewing factories.
 * Volunteer services: Ladies Aid Societies: Made bandages, bedcloths and shirts for soldiers. American Freedman's Aid: Provided education for former slaves.

The South
 * Many southerns supported patrotic events such as raffles and barbeques to help raise money for the Confederate Army.
 * The terrible effects of the North's blockade set in as there were many food and clothing shortages.

Civilian Aid On The Battlefield
 * Women diguised themselves as men so they could fight, and became spies for the side they supported.
 * Many other women, such as Catholic nuns, served as medical people such as nurses.
 * Women also provided medical aid to soldiers.

Opposition to the War
 * Many people didn't like the war and opposed it.

Southern Opposition
 * The poor farmers couldn't afford to fight, and the wealthy said they needed to stay home and supervise their slaves.
 * Others didn't like the draft because it violated the rights of the people.
 * The Confederacy began to let soldiers pay less for supplies, which caused farmers to lose money and shortages in the food market.

Northen Opposition
 * Some northerners sympathized with the north, others said that the war was proving too costly in terms of money and human lives.
 * African Americans were taking jobs from whites, which caused the whites to get angry.
 * Lincoln had to quiet the Cooperheads by suspending some civil liberties, such as habeaus corpus.