The Civil War

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The Civil War

• Mrs. Winklers Class
• Social Studies

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Plantation Homes
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How the other half lived.

• Many wealthy people lived in spacious homes
  called plantation homes. These homes were very
  large and fancy. They had a large land area
  where slaves would grow crops.

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Southern Plantations
Southern plantations used slaves to grow and
harvest Crops. Fewer than 10 out of 100 southern
men Owned slaves.
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The Slaves on the Plantation

• They grew indigo, rice, sugar and tobacco.
• There were two main types of slaves.
• Field hands
• House slaves
• They would work from sunrise to sunset.
• They could not marry, own property,testify in
  court, or earn their freedom.

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Cities

• Atlanta, Georgia has always been a bustling
  center of energy. It was this way even before
  the Civil War began.

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The War Between Brothers

• Family members fought against one another on both
  sides of the war.

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Civil War Worries

• When Sherman was ravaging in the State of South
  Carolina during the Civil War, many people moved
  from the lower part of the state to the upper
  part in order to escape his cruelties.

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Soldier Life
Soldiers were assigned many different jobs at
camp. We will learn about those jobs during our
webquest.
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Soldier Food

• A soldier has a hard life. General Lee wrote
  his wife.
• Food supplies included flour, corn, pork, and
  beans.
• Most army cooks had never cooked before.
• While marching soldiers usually ate only hard
  biscuits
  called hardtack and drank coffee.

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The Civil War Soldier

• Many soldiers were very young men. Some drum
  corps volunteers signed up for war as young as 13
  years of age. The pay was also very poor. Both
  sides were paid only 11 a month when the war
  began. It was a real treat to have your portrait
  taken. Many soldiers sent these home to their
  families as a remembrance.

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The Upper Hand

• Resources in 1860 favored the north. But the
  south had the advantage of fighting on its own
  soil and, in the beginning , better commanders.

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Resources in 1860
Resources North South
Population 71 29
Bank Deposits 81 19
Railroad Tracks 72 28
Factories 85 15
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Bibliography Page and Index
Slide 1 Title page Slide 2 Library of Congress
Website Slide 3 Library of Congress
Website Slide 4 Picture Microsoft Clip Art
Text Comptons Encyclopedia 99 Slide 5 Text
Comptons Encyclopedia 99 Slide 6 Picture and
text Library of Congress Slide 7 Picture
Microsoft Clip Art Slide 8 Text Library of
Congress Website Slide 9 Clip Art Microsoft
Clip Art Slide 10 Source The Civil War Societys
Encyclopedia of the Civil War Slide 11 Picture
The Library of Congress Slide 12 Text Comptons
Encyclopedia Clip Art Microsoft Slide 13 Text
World Book Encyclopedia Slide 14 Clip Art
Microsoft Clip Art