Use this History of The American Journey video entitled Battle Cries and Freedom Songs and The Civil War to study an overview to the American Civil War. Learn about the relative advantages and disadvantages of each side on the eve of war; military strategies; changing feelings and attitudes about the length and nature of the war; and the major campaigns and battles. Discover the impact of the war on Northern and Southern economic, political, and social life; the effect of the war on slavery, including the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution.
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