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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