Chapter 20
Civil War
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I consider the central idea pervading this struggle is the
necessity that is upon us, of proving that popular government
is not an absurdity. We must settle this question now, whether
in a free government the minority have the right to break up
the government whenever they choose. If we fail it will go far
to prove the incapability of the people to govern themselves.
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN, MAY 7, 1861
Lincoln as President
• ______________________ (Buchanan’s Worries / lack of reaction)
• March 1861 – ________________________ (secretly)
• Lincoln’s main agenda throughout the Civil War: ________________________
____________________________________
Lincoln’s thinking:
(1) “_________________________________” (Sectional divorce_____________________________________flows North) Role in
_________________ (1865-_______)
(2) There will be NO conflict, unless the ___________ provoked it! (____________)
If split…
(a) How much ________________ would the South assume
(b) How much “__________________” federal land would be allotted to the South
(c) How would the ______________________be resolved (traffic on the
Underground Railroad keeps increasing)
International reaction to Civil War
(3) Europe would LOVE to see America ______ (opportunity to blatantly disrespect
the ___________________ *(Divide and conquer attitude)
Seward’s (_____________)
‘___________
1848 connection: ____________________
Goal of ‘61 scheme: Wanted war with
__________________________
Why?
- Hoping the South would rally around the flag
to have a “united” states again.
Lincoln’s response: “____________________” –
squashed Seward’s plan
_____________
(__________ , S.C.)
• __________________
• Northern fort taken over by Southern Confederates
Lincoln’s reaction
(1) Send “___________” rather than “______________” / supplies, but the
Confederacy claimed this was an attack
(2) a “_________________” - 75,000 “________________” were called for duty
(3) _________________________(this will stay intact for 5 years (until war’s end) –
______________________
- Shots fired first from the Confederacy
*2 and 3 are noted as _______________________until the Supreme Court claims they
are beneficial to the preservation of the Union
Southern reaction:
(1) ______________________________(Arkansas, Tennessee, Virginia and North
Carolina)
(2) Confederate capital switched from ______________to ________________,
(Justification: _______________________….strategic comfort)
End Result: ________________________________, but the Union was still preserved
Border States
• _______________________________________________________
__________________________*(Mountain Culture)
(Slaves states that HAVE NOT seceded)
Important: ________________________
LINCOLN’S REACTION
(1) DO NOT make this a war to _______________ *WHY?
(2) **__________________________________** Defense: South
threatened to cut off the Capital from the North.
(3) “I hope to have God on our side, but ___________________!”
- Strategic prize of the ____________ (shipment of supplies)
West Virginia (split from ______________)– no need for slave labor
Tennessee – “___________________” – volunteered for both sides
Indian Territory (Oklahoma)
Side with the North –
Result: thrown back into the “______” removal tone from
Jacksonian Democracy and demanded to be placed on
reservations
Side with the South –
(1) Retaliation for the _______________________________
(2) Some Cherokee were slave owners, so they would support
the ___________________________
(3) Confederate leaders (representation) would
“__________” certain _____________________that were
demanded to be paid by the 5 Civilized tribes
(4) Confederate congress would accept ______________ to
represent
Southern vs. Northern Advantages
SOUTHERN ADVANTAGES:
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Mostly a “______________” style of fighting – only had to defend their land, make no
advances / North had to “invade” the vast territory of the South
__________________ was on their side – familiar
LEADERSHIP (example: _______________ and ___________________) / Morale
_________________________
______________________– farm boys / rebel yells *yeeeeeeeah
NORTHERN ADVANTAGES:
• Population! Roughly ___________________- 22 million to 9
• Industrialized / equipped with _________________________
• Leaders: _____________________ mentality by Lincoln *Note:
_________________________
• Use of the ___________________ - Southern blockade
*In the end: the South lost the war due to “_____________________________________”
Dethroning King Cotton
• Europe:
– Rich upper class pulls for the _____________________
– *Tom –Mania - support for Uncle Tom’s Cabin / Pulling for
the Union based on their support for “abolition”
(_________________________________________)
– Stockpiles of cotton…eventually ran out
– Replaced with ______________________(2 kings of
North)
Sponsored by _____________________ Mechanical Reaper
Think: If Br. and Fr. Broke the blockade for cotton, then the
North could ______________________________________
– Br. And Fr. moved on from their dependence on Southern
cotton (found abundant markets in _________________)
The Trent Affair
• South needed much support from Europe
• South sent 2 officials (_______________________) to
Britain to receive foreign help for the Civil War upon
the _______ (British mail steamer / ____________)
• Northern ship, the ____________, intercepted the 2
Southern men and Lincoln arrested them on an account
of _________________
• British sent thousands of troops _______________!
British Justification: threat to “_____________________”
• Lincoln’s Reaction in the Trent Affair:
“_________________________”
*Lincoln released the prisoners to keep Britain out of war
Foreign Flare-Ups
•
The British built 2 “Laird-Rams” – ships that were built to “ram” into wooden ships of the
North
• North claimed “war is on” and Britain reluctantly bought these ships and placed them in The
Royal Navy
• British-Canada: Southerners plotted to burn Northern cities
Example: _________________– where banks were burned and only 1 death
Enemy: __________________________
Britain: Blamed the __________________________________________
______________________________in 1867
- established by British Parliament to thwart possible Union attacks against
British-Canada
• ___________: Emperor ____________(France) set up a “_______________” in Mexico City
- Austrian ______________________________________was appointed
- America was ready to march down and kill him (direct violation of the ___________________)
Justification: Napoleon III thought America was ________________________to react to the
“Hands Off” enforcement of the Monroe Doctrine
- END RESULT: ______________________________(1865) from warfare, and left Maximillian
behind, to later being killed by a Mexican firing squad
Comparison of Lincoln and Davis /
Unconstitutional Actions under Lincoln
•
Confederacy: a group of states that were “_____________________” connected
with a common cause
Meaning: any state could do whatever they wanted at any given time
Significant reason why Jefferson Davis never had control of the South / threat of
impeachment
Idea: ________________________
*North was economically stable, South was not.
7 Unconstitutional Actions under Lincoln
(1) ________________________________________
(2) Blockading the _____________________________
(3) sent ______________ to 3 private citizens for military purposes (____________)
(4) ***suspended _____________________so arrests could be made easily
(5) "monitored" Border State elections so the vote would turn out his way
(_________________indicating their party affiliation / marching between two
lines of armed official) – before the ratification of the ____________________
(6 ) *Ordered the suspension of certain ______________________(1st Amendment?)
(7) declared __________________________________
*Note: Congress was not in session / Supreme Court justified Lincoln’s actions
Volunteers / “Draft” _____________
• Volunteers and Enthusiasm wore thin as war went on
• The Conscription Draft was created
• Contesting the Conscription Draft
(1) ________________($300) – Three Hundred dollar men
Example: a very young John D. Rockefeller
– _________________________________
– Led by : _______________________________
– Reasons: __________________________ in America
Underprivileged Irish claimed victim to
Drafting / couldn’t care less about the issue of slavery
Note:
Rich Southerners (20+ slaves) could buy
their way out too
“________________________________________”
Economic Stresses of War
Problem: ______________________________
(1) _____________________(raised “protective tariffs” by 5-10%) –
resembling the Walker Tariff under Polk
(2) Raise _____________________________________________
(3) The VERY FIRST “________________” was collected *not Federally
regulated with “___________” until ________________
(4) Treasury Department printed out $450 million of
“_________________”
Problem with Greenbacks: not backed by Gold – only good as America’s
_______________ as seen from foreign countries - ________________
(5) ________________________(3rd leg of National Bank) =
__________________ (2.6 million revenue for Union)
- first gesture since 1836 re-charter killing from Jackson
- lasted for 50 years, later replaced by the ________________in 1913 under
___________________
Women in the Civil War
• New job opportunities = men are fighting, women take their jobs (“_____________________ ”)
• High demand for clothing (Sewing machine)
• Some women dressed as men to fight
*_____________________(______________________/ Founder of the Red Cross) took nursing from a
lowly disrespected job to one that is respected with the help of ___________________(Superintendent
of Nursing for the Union)
_________________________– created by _______________________, America’s first female
physician.
Purpose: to assist Union soldiers on the field
Efforts: provided ____________________________and self-confidence and would propel the women’s
right movement forward
Raised millions at fairs and markets