LINCOLN'S POLICIES DURING THE CIVIL WAR - ONE MAIN GOAL WAS TO
SAVE THE UNION.
1.. SUSPENDS HABEAS CORPUS - IN BORDER STATES
2. RAISED AN ARMY (75,000)
3. TOOK MONEY OUT OF THE U.S. TREASURY FOR THE WAR EFFORT ( $2
MILLION)
4. EXILED COPPERHEADS (NORTHERN DEMOCRATS WHO WERE AGAINST
THE WAR)
5. USED MILITARY COURTS TO TRY CIVILIANS
6. EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION - JANUARY 1, 1863.
FREED ALL SLAVES HELD IN ANY STATE UNDER THE CONTROL THE
CONFEDERACY.
THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS AND WOMEN:
1. HEROES OF THE BATTLEFIELD - 180,000 JOINED THE UNION ARMY.
AT FIRST THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED IN BATTLE BUT WERE PERMITTED IN 1863 - 38,000
DIED.
THE MOVIE GLORY TELLS THEIR HEROIC STORY