Notes December 7, 2006

Sorry for the late post, but I was having some troubles.
Draft Laws
North and South needed man power for the war
Both go to a draft

South
All white men 18-35 are subject to draft
Eventually raises the draft age to 45
Also say that one white male with over 20 slaves is allowed to stay home

North
All males 20-45
Could hire a substitute for $300 per draft call

Reactions included riots in NYC and bread riots in the South

Laws
Homestead Act
Someone that wanted farm land moved west and was given
160 acres to build on it and in 5 years was allowed to own it

Morril Land Grant
Given thousands of acres if you helped establish colleges

Pacific Railroad Act
Land and loans given to railroad companies to build a railroad from Omiha to Sacromento

Role for Women in the Civil War
Bring woman to factory and farm workforce
Enter teaching profession
Medicine, formed associations to make supplies for the men in the Civil War

The Turning Points in the Civil War
Antidum-let Lincoln issue Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg- South never regains offense
Vicksburg-confederacy cut in two, North controls the Mississippi River

Afican Americans
With the Union
1862-We begin to organize black regiment
Payed less and under white officers
Equal Pay Act
1863-Blacks were now payed the same as any other soldier in the Union