5.9: Government Policies During the Civil War

Question 1

CIVIL WAR CONSCRIPTION ACT

Answer 1

• first ever wartime draft

Question 2

1863: THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

Answer 2

• given at cemetery
• sought to unify nation
• redefined war as struggle for freedom and equalti
• portrayed struggle against slavery as fulfillment of America’s democratic ideals
• inspired
• challenged future generation to live up to nation’s ideals

Question 3

ELECTION OF 1864

Answer 3

• Lincoln’s victory = far from certain
• war had been too long
• controversy over Emancipation
• criticism over wartime infringement on Civil Rights
• disapproval for plan to readmit Confederates
• Lincoln and Johnson
• appealed to Pro-War Democrats
• war to be won at all costs
• freedom for enslaved
• McClellan and Pendleton
• supported by Copperheads
• slavery to continue
• allow Southern secession to save American lives