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Chapter 11 Section 2

Chapter 11 Section 2. Early 1862- “picnic” over??? South- lack of manpower. Chapter 11 Section 2. Powers- South- similar to the North States’ rights and slavery Common good South- fewer resources General Lee- draft- required military service 3 years- military- white men- 18 to 35

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Chapter 11 Section 2

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  1. Chapter 11 Section 2 Early 1862- “picnic” over??? South- lack of manpower

  2. Chapter 11 Section 2 • Powers- South- similar to the North • States’ rights and slavery • Common good • South- fewer resources • General Lee- draft- required military service • 3 years- military- white men- 18 to 35 • Upped to 45 and 50 • Gov’t- charge of South’s economy • Tax- personal incomes • Local authorities refused to cooperate

  3. Chapter 11 Section 2 • Confederacy- no recognition- Europe • Alabama- captured 60 Northern merchant ships • 1862- Napoleon III- ruler of France • Sent troops- Mexico • British- wait and see

  4. Chapter 11 Section 2 • Tensions between Great Britain and the US • John Slidell, James Mason- ship Trent- Europe • Captured • British gov’t- troops to Canada • One war at a time- Lincoln • Lincoln- $19 million • Congress- Pacific Railroad Act- NE to Pacific • Homestead Act- free gov’t land • Raise tariff rates

  5. Chapter 11 Section 2 • Federal income tax- US history • Internal Revenue Act- liquor, tobacco, medicine, newspaper ads • National currency- greenbacks • North- draft • Democrats- Copperheads- against the war • Freed slaves- jobs away from the whites

  6. Chapter 11 Section 2 • Border states- slave states- Union • DE, MD, MO, KY • “Disloyal” members- MD- arrested • KY, MO- control- Mississippi • KY- martial law- emergency rule- military authorities • Writ of habeas corpus suspended • Legal protection- court determination- lawful imprisonment

  7. Chapter 11 Section 2 • Republican Party- Radical Republicans- punish- CSA • Lincoln opposed slavery • No legal authority- abolish it • January 1, 1863- Emancipation Proclamation • No clout • Lee defeated- Antietam • France and England- no interference

  8. Chapter 11 Section 2 • African Americans- join the Union army • Union general Benjamin Butler • Free slaves • Contraband- captured items • Let the slaves go • 1865- 180,000 African Americans- Union army • July 1863- Fort Wagner, Charleston, SC • 54th Massachusetts Infantry • Colonel Robert Gould Shaw • Sergeant William Carney- first African American- Congressional Medal of Honor

  9. Chapter 11 Section 2 • Depletion- South’s labor force • North- greater numerical advantages • Food shortage- South • Union blockade- surplus cotton • Food riots erupted • Labor shortage, lack of goods- inflation • Profiteers- huge amount of money

  10. Chapter 11 Section 2 • North- farms and factories • Samuel Colt- guns for the army • Prison Camps • North- Point Lookout- MD, Camp Chase- OH • South- Andersonville- GA, Richmond- Libby Prison

  11. Chapter 11 Section 2 • Medical care quite poor • Diseases rampant- mumps, measles • Malaria, pneumonia, nutritional foods lacking • Clara Barton- “angel of the battlefield” • American Red Cross • Dorothea Dix- nursing corps • US Sanitary Commission created

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