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Tuesday, December 09, 2008

Friday Dec 5 Notes

So sorry for the lateness of the of these notes but I totally could not figure out the website and Mr. G was out first period so I’m sure you’ll forgive me.

  • The 1860’s
  • Religions and politics split north and south
  • Whigs collapse
  • Democrats split north and south
  • Republican’s were likely to win 1860 election due anti slavery supporters in the north
  • Democrats in the south worry about loosing lots of political power to republic’s
  • Southern democrats and moderates fear republican victory in the election, thus leading to the abolishment of slavery
  • Lincoln wins 1860 election
  • Deep Southern States secede
  • South Carolina first to leave the union
  • Land slide victory in vote to secede 160 to 0
  • S. Carolina falls back on nullification
  • South says states have the authority to rule themselves and thus back out of the union
  • States to secede
    S Carolina
    Missouri
    Florida
    Alabama
    Georgia
    Louisiana
    Texas
  • Upper Southern states hesitate to leave union
  • People feel the South Carolinas secession was unconstitutional
  • Pres. Buchanna does little to stop them from leaving the union because the election was already over
  • Lincoln was not in office yet this means there was no action from the executive branch of Gov. on the matter.
  • Congress in December tried to compromise, Crittenden Compromise
    Series of proposed amendments to guarantee slavery forever against government intervention
  • Keep government from intervening in interstate slave trade
  • Slave owners who lost slaves would be compensated
  • Slavery would protected south of the 36 30 line
  • Pro slavery approach
  • Lincoln is stuck because his platform is to stop spread of slavery and to keep the union together which doesn’t seem to possible at this point
  • Virginia proposed peace convention between slave states and federalist but no representatives from seceded states arrived so it was a failure
  • Southern States that did secede formed Confederate States of America who drafted a constitution guaranteeing slavery
  • Lincoln about to take office when South Carolina secedes and there was a crisis at Fort Sumter
  • South sieged and captured fort when unarmed supply ship went to re-supply it
  • South prints money leading to hyperinflation
    1861 inflation rises 12%per a month
    leads to sub standard living and poverty
  • North raises taxes and war bonds to fund war

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