This chapter starts with Lincoln taking his presidential oath into office. He tried to stress that secession was not a choice. South Carolina open fired on Fort Sumter when Lincoln was sending provisions, but they saw that as reinforcements. This caused Lincoln to call together militiamen and there were so many that people were actually turned down. Lincoln had to try to get back the crucial border states. During war time Lincoln had to say that he was not fighting to free the blacks because that would cause him to lose those southern states. He said his purpose was to save the Union at all costs. Most of the Five Civilized Tribes sided with the Confederacy during the Civil War. Even during the war the North got more soldiers because of immigrants from Europe that were coming in. Most of them were British, Irish, and German. The North did not have many good leaders so it had to go through trial and error methods. Ulysses S. Grant finally came in. King Cotton began to die during this time because British warehouses were so filled with cotton, and once the war started they already had so much. Jefferson Davis had in mind a strong central government and argued with Lincoln who believed in states rights. Lincoln, when inaugurated, increased the size of the Federal Army. Volunteers for the war began to lessen in 1863. For the first time Congress passed a federal conscription law on a nationwide scale in the US. (Draft) People were able to hire a substitute to take their place in the war or buy their way out with 300 dollars. (Obviously this really only worked for the rich. The economic stresses on war caused Congress to pass tariffs. The north got much prosperity with factories. New machines were invented. (Mechanical reaper) The souths cotton kingdom was crushed. 1.Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell was Americas first female physician. She helped to organize the US Sanitary Commission to help the Union armies.2.Morrill Tariff Act- It increased the existing duties about 5 to 10 percent.3.The Washington Treasury issued green-backed paper money which was supported by gold. It fluctuated with the fortunes of Union arms and at one point were only worth 39 cents a dollar. 4.The first major crisis with Britain came over the Trent affair in 1861. About one fifth of the Union army were foreign born people.5.The economy was the souths greatest weakness, but it was the norths greatest advantage. The north was basically a huge farm with factories.6.The north controlled the sea and was able to establish a blockade that choked off southern supplies and destroyed their morale.7.The border states were so important in keeping that Lincoln stated that he hoped to have God on his side, but he had to have Kentucky.8.Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri would almost double the manufacturing capacity of the south and increase by nearly half its supply of horses and mules.9.A major crisis in Anglo-American relations arose over the building of Confederate commerce-raiders in Britain. (The Alabama)10.The National Banking System was authorized by Congress in 1863.
This chapter starts with Lincoln taking his presidential oath into office. He tried to stress that secession was not a choice. South Carolina open fired on Fort Sumter when Lincoln was sending provisions, but they saw that as reinforcements. This caused Lincoln to call together militiamen and there were so many that people were actually turned down. Lincoln had to try to get back the crucial border states. During war time Lincoln had to say that he was not fighting to free the blacks because that would cause him to lose those southern states. He said his purpose was to save the Union at all costs. Most of the Five Civilized Tribes sided with the Confederacy during the Civil War. Even during the war the North got more soldiers because of immigrants from Europe that were coming in. Most of them were British, Irish, and German. The North did not have many good leaders so it had to go through trial and error methods. Ulysses S. Grant finally came in. King Cotton began to die during this time because British warehouses were so filled with cotton, and once the war started they already had so much. Jefferson Davis had in mind a strong central government and argued with Lincoln who believed in states rights. Lincoln, when inaugurated, increased the size of the Federal Army. Volunteers for the war began to lessen in 1863. For the first time Congress passed a federal conscription law on a nationwide scale in the US. (Draft) People were able to hire a substitute to take their place in the war or buy their way out with 300 dollars. (Obviously this really only worked for the rich. The economic stresses on war caused Congress to pass tariffs. The north got much prosperity with factories. New machines were invented. (Mechanical reaper) The souths cotton kingdom was crushed.
1.Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell was Americas first female physician. She helped to organize the US Sanitary Commission to help the Union armies.
2.Morrill Tariff Act- It increased the existing duties about 5 to 10 percent.
3.The Washington Treasury issued green-backed paper money which was supported by gold. It fluctuated with the fortunes of Union arms and at one point were only worth 39 cents a dollar.
4.The first major crisis with Britain came over the Trent affair in 1861. About one fifth of the Union army were foreign born people. 5.The economy was the souths greatest weakness, but it was the norths greatest advantage. The north was basically a huge farm with factories.
6.The north controlled the sea and was able to establish a blockade that choked off southern supplies and destroyed their morale.
7.The border states were so important in keeping that Lincoln stated that he hoped to have God on his side, but he had to have Kentucky.
8.Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri would almost double the manufacturing capacity of the south and increase by nearly half its supply of horses and mules.
9.A major crisis in Anglo-American relations arose over the building of Confederate commerce-raiders in Britain. (The Alabama)
10.The National Banking System was authorized by Congress in 1863.
Hmmm ... Kenntucky is nice and all... but if i were in lincolns position, i'd perfer god. Anyways, why was kenntucky so important to him??
Kentucky served as a buffer and was a testament to the idea that not all of the South was aginst the North 100%, just most of it, a thought which may have helped if not in reality than in the minds of the Union soldiers.
Elizabeth Blackwell founded the New York Infirmary for Indigent Women and Children in 1857 since most hospitals wouldn't allow her to work there, she also founded a Woman's Medical College in 1868.
10.The National Banking System was authorized by Congress in 1863.
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The National Banking System was authorized by congress but why. Why did people feel it was necessary to construct a national banking system what were some of the advantages and disadvantages??
Brandi wrote: 6.The north controlled the sea and was able to establish a blockade that choked off southern supplies and destroyed their morale.
This was part of lincoln's Anaconda Plan but it was also to make sure that the South wasnt able to go to Britain and France for help. Remember that whole affair with the Union seizing Confederats going to Britain... The blockade pretty much was a destructive blow to the South becuase they had nothing for food or weapons.
This chapter starts with Lincoln taking his presidential oath into office. He tried to stress that secession was not a choice. South Carolina open fired on Fort Sumter when Lincoln was sending provisions, but they saw that as reinforcements. This caused Lincoln to call together militiamen and there were so many that people were actually turned down. Lincoln had to try to get back the crucial border states. During war time Lincoln had to say that he was not fighting to free the blacks because that would cause him to lose those southern states. He said his purpose was to save the Union at all costs. Most of the Five Civilized Tribes sided with the Confederacy during the Civil War. Even during the war the North got more soldiers because of immigrants from Europe that were coming in. Most of them were British, Irish, and German. The North did not have many good leaders so it had to go through trial and error methods. Ulysses S. Grant finally came in. King Cotton began to die during this time because British warehouses were so filled with cotton, and once the war started they already had so much. Jefferson Davis had in mind a strong central government and argued with Lincoln who believed in states rights. Lincoln, when inaugurated, increased the size of the Federal Army. Volunteers for the war began to lessen in 1863. For the first time Congress passed a federal conscription law on a nationwide scale in the US. (Draft) People were able to hire a substitute to take their place in the war or buy their way out with 300 dollars. (Obviously this really only worked for the rich. The economic stresses on war caused Congress to pass tariffs. The north got much prosperity with factories. New machines were invented. (Mechanical reaper) The souths cotton kingdom was crushed.
1.Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell was Americas first female physician. She helped to organize the US Sanitary Commission to help the Union armies.
2.Morrill Tariff Act- It increased the existing duties about 5 to 10 percent.
3.The Washington Treasury issued green-backed paper money which was supported by gold. It fluctuated with the fortunes of Union arms and at one point were only worth 39 cents a dollar.
4.The first major crisis with Britain came over the Trent affair in 1861. About one fifth of the Union army were foreign born people. 5.The economy was the souths greatest weakness, but it was the norths greatest advantage. The north was basically a huge farm with factories.
6.The north controlled the sea and was able to establish a blockade that choked off southern supplies and destroyed their morale.
7.The border states were so important in keeping that Lincoln stated that he hoped to have God on his side, but he had to have Kentucky.
8.Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri would almost double the manufacturing capacity of the south and increase by nearly half its supply of horses and mules.
9.A major crisis in Anglo-American relations arose over the building of Confederate commerce-raiders in Britain. (The Alabama)
10.The National Banking System was authorized by Congress in 1863.
Why was the economy the South's greatest weakness at this time? What were the border states during this time?
Mechanical Reaper- Invented by Cyrus McCormick in 1831. Although he liberated farm workers from hours of rigorous labor, this also gave the people less jobs. One reaper automatically bound the bundles of wire together. Later on this invention was replaced by a self-propelled machine that could be operated by one man that cut, gathered, threshed, and sacked the grain mechanically.
Mechanical Reaper- Invented by Cyrus McCormick in 1831. Although he liberated farm workers from hours of rigorous labor, this also gave the people less jobs. One reaper automatically bound the bundles of wire together. Later on this invention was replaced by a self-propelled machine that could be operated by one man that cut, gathered, threshed, and sacked the grain mechanically.
Did the Union really believe that England would aid the South? Even though they did have strong commerce ties, I think the fact that England was anti-slavery would have been enough to keep them out of the conflict, if not for the sake of abolition, but because they didnt want to get into a fight that could prove to be more than they bargained for.
The Union's blockade was not only a hard hit to the Southern economy, but it also showed other countries that the Civil War going on in America was more than a fight for dominance over another part of the country, but a fight for freedom that the Union was not prepared to lose at any cost.
