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Chapter 15-4 Notes: The Civil War and American Life - The Civil War divided the nation, but also caused divisions within the nation o not all northerners supported war to end slavery or restore the Union o not all southerners supported war to defend slavery or secession o In the South, opposition to the war was strongest in Georgia and North Carolina, though North Carolina provided the 2nd most troops to the war effort Regions with large slaveholding plantations often supported the war more than poorer back-country regions o In the North, many opposed the Emancipation Proclamation, some believed the South had the right to secede, some blamed Lincoln and the Republicans for forcing the South into war Northern Democrats who opposed the war were called Copperheads – strong in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio o In both regions during the war, people against the war tried to disrupt war efforts – encouraging soldiers to desert, helping POWs escape, prevent men from volunteering Lincoln and Jefferson Davis suspended the right of habeas corpus constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment; more than 13,000 people were arrested and jailed without trials in the north - During the war, desertion was a problem – between 300,000 and 550,000 Union & Confederate soldiers left their units; some returned after crops were planted or harvested – often 1/3 to 1/2 of soldiers were away at a time o Both sides established drafts, system of required military service, to meet the need for troops Confederacy implemented in 1862 – white men 18 to 35, later expanded from 17 to 50 Union implemented in 1863 for men 20 to 45 o Wealthy people could escape fighting by hiring substitutes in their place, or paying the government $300; or slave-owners with 20 or more slaves did not have to serve - Northern industries boomed during the war as they turned out goods for the military – many jobs were available, but there were shortages of workers o To pay for the war, Congress levied the first income tax – tax on the money people receive from work o Union also printed about $400 million in paper money to help pay expenses This additional money caused inflation, or a rise in prices o Inflation in the south was worse because of the shortages of goods Pair of shoes that sold for $18 in 1862 could cost $800 in 1864 - Women on both sides participated in any way they could during the war; some spied behind enemy lines, took over businesses, farms, plantations, worked as nurses. o More than 400 disguised themselves as men and joined the Union or Confederate armies o Many worked in factories, making ammunition or guns; others took government jobs o America’s first female physician, Elizabeth Blackwell, trained nurses for the Union army; Dorothea Dix became head of Union army nurses; Harriet Tubman served as a nurse; Clara Barton cared for wounded soldiers on the battle field