Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
December 19, 2013
A/A.P. U.S. History
Mr. Green
Objectives:
Describe the contest for European political support and
intervention, and explain why Britain and France finally refused to
recognize the Confederacy.
Compare Lincoln’s and Davis’s political leadership during the war.
Describe Lincoln’s policies on civil liberties and how both sides
mobilized the military manpower to fight the war.
Analyze the economic and social consequences of the war for both
sides.
AP Focus
Britain and France remain neutral despite Lincoln’s fear that both
will recognize the Confederacy and even break the Union blockade. The
Emancipation Proclamation makes the war a moral crusade to eradicate
slavery, an endeavor that the European powers hesitate to oppose.
At the end of the war, the North is experiencing a boom fueled by
its growing industrial sector, whereas much of the South lies in ruins. Tie
this to the AP theme Economic Transformations.
CHAPTER THEMES
The North effectively brought to bear its
long-term advantages of industrial might and
human resources to wage a devastating total war
against the South. The war helped organize and
modernize northern society, while the South,
despite heroic efforts, was economically and
socially crushed.
Lincoln’s skillful political leadership
helped keep the crucial Border States in the
Union and maintain northern morale, while his
effective diplomacy kept Britain and France from
aiding the Confederacy.
Identify and explain the long term, short term
and spark that caused the American Civil War.
How did Abraham Lincoln keep Maryland,
Delaware, Kentucky and Missouri in the
Union, even though those states had slavery?
The Confederacy wanted foreign intervention and
never stopped trying to obtain foreign support
1. Trent affair-union warship stopped a
British mail steamer with 2 Confederate
diplomats
2. Alabama-ships built in London for the
Confederacy without guns. Guns picked up
elsewhere
The British-built commerce destroyers captured
250 Northern ships
Open talk of taking Canada……again
Laired rams- these were Confederate warships that
were being built in London.
more dangerous with iron rams and bigger
guns
These could have sunk the Union blockade
Dominion of Canada in 1867
united Canada politically and spiritually against
possible U.S. invasion
Emperor Napoleon III-sent army to Mexico City to
establish puppet regime with Maximillian-violated
Monroe Doctrine
France left after the threat of Indian resistance in
1867
Jefferson Davis
Borrowed from Union
Constitution
Faced secession
Issue with state militias
Abraham Lincoln
Long-established
government
Financially stable
Recognized abroad
Lincoln:
1. Proclaimed a blockade
2. Increased size of Federal army
3. $2 million advance for military purposes
4. Suspended writ of habeas corpus
5. Supervised elections in border states
6. Suspended newspapers
7. Jailed editors-obstructing the war
8.
The North
Conscription-$300 or hire substitutes to go in their
place
New York City Draft Riot-1863
initiated by anti-war/anti-black sentiments
Irish-Americans
The South
Less populous
Initiated Conscription earlier-April 1862
Took anybody for the War
“A rich man’s war but a poor man’s fight”
The war was for the North funded by:
1. Excise taxes on tobacco/alcohol
2. Income tax
3. Morrill Tariff Act-increased duties 5-10%
4. Greenbacks
5. Bonds-private banks marketed the sale
6. National Banking system
The war was funded for the South by:
1. Confederate bonds
2. Increased taxes
3. 10% levy on farm produce
4. Printed blue-backed paper money
Protective tariffs helped business
“the fortunes of war”manufacturers/businesspeople
1st breed of millionaires
Greed/gluttony
Standard clothing sizes
Mechanical reapers
Homestead Act
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Finish Chapter 20
Work on Charts.