Reading Topics 20 Part 2 pp. 443- 452
Dethroning “King Cotton”
Successful revolutions generally succeed due to ____________?
Greatest “Potential” asset for south?
Europe’s Ruling class were generally sympathetic to which side?
Europe’s Working class supported which side? Why? Several reasons
Why did “King Cotton” fail to bring European intervention or formal recognition to the South?
Which Two countries help supply GB with much needed Cotton?
King______ and King_______ were more valuable to GB that King Cotton?
Decisiveness of Diplomacy
“Trent Affair” ? details
Chief naval base of the CSA? Where?
C.S.S. Alabama ? Details…
Charles Francis Adams role, Who?
Foreign Flare ups
“Laird Rams”
1872 Damages of 15.5 million paid by GB for What?
Canada – Vermont?
Green Shirted tiny armies, 1866-1870?
Emperor Napoleon III & Maximillian ???
Davis v. Lincoln
One “deadly defect” of CSA Constitution is that it did not forbid what?
Why Ga. a problem?
Lincoln’s advantages (several)
Which did a better job managing the war? Why?
Wartime Liberties
Quotes Lincoln p. 447 (2)
US Congress not in session as War begins, consequences?
Lincoln’s actions that constrict civil liberties? Several
Could Davis or Lincoln use expanded powers to control their countries war efforts more?
Volunteers and Draftees – pay attention here…Conscription-drafting of troops controversy over exceptions
North – quotas for soldiers based on what?
1863 law-1st time in history of USA, what?
Purchase an “exemption?” 300$ men, 1000$ men (explain)
Riot in 1863? Where? Why?
What % of Union Troops volunteers?
Bounty brokers? 32 times?
South- 1862 conscription law, 1 year earlier than North, why?
Exemptions in South…How? Several
“rich man’s war, but a poor man’s fight?” explain
Riots in the South, Why?
Economic Stresses of War – How the North and South pay $ for such a costly War….
North- Income tax? Details
Morrill Tariff Act? Details
“Greenbacks” How Much? On Credit? Low point in Value?
Biggest $$$ raiser for North to fund War 2.6 Billion?
Jay Cooke & Co. ?
National Banking System’s 2 purposes, significance until 1913? What replaces it in 1913?
South- Bonds? How much? What % of war costs raised by taxes in South?
Paper $$$, How Much issued? Primary way to fund the war in the south?
% inflation in both North and South during the War???
North’s Economic Boom – Why?
North more/less prosperous because of the War?
A “Millionaire Class?”
“Shoddy” Millionaires
Sizes in Clothes- Why? How?
Machines impact?
59ers to Penn. ? What new industry?
Homestead Act 1862 – details?
Women’s role in the War? How?
Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell/U.S. Sanitary Commission- Role/purpose photo p.451
Clara Barton/ Dorothea Dix/Sally Tomkins??? Do What?
“new” profession for women due to war contributions…???
Crushed Cotton Kingdom
% of National Wealth possessed by the South 1860/1870?? Change?
Transportation/ RR’s in South- War’s effect?
Northern Captains of Industry V. Southern Lords of the Manor…effects after war for USA?
In 1865, The South Rich in What?