-The Economy During the Civil War
- Northern factories fourish and the economy grows prosperous.
- Southern economy begins to falter and the South has to recycle old materials.
- Women on both sides step up to work in factories, farms, and become nurses while the men are at war.
-Lincoln and Civil Liberties
- President takes somewhat drastic steps to keep the Union together, ignoring the Constitution in some areas.
-Emancipation Proclaimation
- President Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclaimation, freeing all slaves that have served in the Union army and allowing former slaves of the South to join the North and it's armies.
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