Explanations:
This photo represents one of the ways that women became involved during the Civil War. Since the majority of men were enlisted in the army, women started to work outside of the household in order to help the war efforts and make an income as the men were not home to support the family.
This series of cartoons depicts the change in thought during the Civil War as, to start, there was a great deal of animosity between the two sides. When time passes, each sides begins to see their dependence on the other side. The South begins to starve from the lack of corn produced by northerners and the North “feel cold” as they are missing the cotton that is produced in the South.
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Sources:“Tamp 'em up solid, All the livelong day. Tamp 'em up solid, Then they'll hold that midnight mail. The captain don't like me. Won't allow me no show. Well, work don't hurt me, Don't care where in the world I go. Work don't hurt me, Like the early rise.Well, work don't hurt me, But that's the thing that hurts my pride,That hurts my pride,That hurts my pride, That hurts my pride.”
“A college of dem niggers got togedder an' pack up to leave Louisiana in March. We had covered wagons, an' chile let me tell you I walked nally all the way fum Louisiana to Oklahoma. We left in March, diden git heah 'till May. Came in soch of ejecation. I got a pretty fare ejecation down dar but diden take care of it. We come to Oklahoma looking for de same thang then dat darkies go north looking fer now. We got dissipinted.”
“The southern soldier's diet was considerably different from his northern counterpart and usually in much less quantity.”
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Analysis:
The Civil War divided the United States not only geographically but also politically, economically and socially, causing great distress and chaos. Beliefs and actions of this time period have been preserved and later revealed in primary sources. The varied documents denote the extent and stages of influence the Civil War had on Americans.
Photos taken in the time surrounding the Civil War give insight into the conditions on the home front. With thousands of men enlisted, the women and children started to take over the workforce and home life. The photograph above, shows the working conditions and environment for women in making war goods which was their effort to make money and support their families. The Civil War caused many unstable households leaving many women or children to support the rest of the family.
The messages engraved in cartoons are meaningful and express the outside views of a situation. The series of cartoons above convey the stages of the relationship between the Confederacy and Union. Both sides start out underestimating their dependency on the staple crops of each region, corn and cotton; as time passes they gradually become aware of their dependencies. The lack of the staple crops physically drains both the Union and the Confederacy. These cartoons reveals the impact the economy has on the outcome of the War.
Maps of this time period suggest outside information which have impacted the outcomes of the Civil War. This map about the railroad network system shows that the majority of the railways were in Northern territory. With multiple interconnected railroads, the northern Union had the advantage of speedy transportation of soldiers and troops. The railroad played a vital role in the Union victory.
Different perspectives of the war give new insight or validate the information already known. The soldiers of the Civil War were treated differently depending on the side; Union troops were feed larger quantities and given a variety of weapons unlike the Confederate which were fed less and had less weapon as the North had a multi-industry economy and the South had a mono-economy. A soldier states, “The southern soldier's diet was considerably different from his northern counterpart and usually in much less quantity”. Through the soldier’s perspective the impact the economy had on the military is revealed.
The use of primary source documents allows readers and viewers to gain insight and perspective into to Civil War. Although, several decades have passed since the Civil War the documents help to preserve and verify events and philosophies in the times before, during and after the War of Secession.
Photos taken in the time surrounding the Civil War give insight into the conditions on the home front. With thousands of men enlisted, the women and children started to take over the workforce and home life. The photograph above, shows the working conditions and environment for women in making war goods which was their effort to make money and support their families. The Civil War caused many unstable households leaving many women or children to support the rest of the family.
The messages engraved in cartoons are meaningful and express the outside views of a situation. The series of cartoons above convey the stages of the relationship between the Confederacy and Union. Both sides start out underestimating their dependency on the staple crops of each region, corn and cotton; as time passes they gradually become aware of their dependencies. The lack of the staple crops physically drains both the Union and the Confederacy. These cartoons reveals the impact the economy has on the outcome of the War.
Maps of this time period suggest outside information which have impacted the outcomes of the Civil War. This map about the railroad network system shows that the majority of the railways were in Northern territory. With multiple interconnected railroads, the northern Union had the advantage of speedy transportation of soldiers and troops. The railroad played a vital role in the Union victory.
Different perspectives of the war give new insight or validate the information already known. The soldiers of the Civil War were treated differently depending on the side; Union troops were feed larger quantities and given a variety of weapons unlike the Confederate which were fed less and had less weapon as the North had a multi-industry economy and the South had a mono-economy. A soldier states, “The southern soldier's diet was considerably different from his northern counterpart and usually in much less quantity”. Through the soldier’s perspective the impact the economy had on the military is revealed.
The use of primary source documents allows readers and viewers to gain insight and perspective into to Civil War. Although, several decades have passed since the Civil War the documents help to preserve and verify events and philosophies in the times before, during and after the War of Secession.