American Pageant Chapter 14 Outline
Chapter 14 - The Civil War The Secession Crisis
The Withdrawal of the South * South Carolina voted Dec 1860 to secede, by time Lincoln came to office six more states (Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, TX) seceded * Seceded states formed Confederate States of America Feb1861. These states started seizing federal property but at first lacked power to seize the military instillations at Fort Sumter, SC and For Pickens, FL
The Failure of Compromise * Compromise proposed by Sen John Crittenden of KY proposed constitutional amdts w/ permanent slavery in slave states, fugitive slave returned. At heart was plan to reinstitute Missouri Compromise Line for western lands * Repubs rejected compromise. Lincoln came to office, stated: Union older than …show more content…
Turned to issuing paper money but created inflation of over 9,000% vs North’s 80%, no uniform currency * To raise military called for volunteers, but decline in enlistment led to April 1862 Conscription Act. N capture of Confederate lands led to loss of source for manpower, 1864 shortage so desperate draft widened but still ineffective
States’ Rights versus Centralization * States’ rights supporters obstructed war effort by limiting Davis’ ability to declare martial law and obstructed conscription * Confed did centralize power in S- bureaucracy larger than that of Washington, impressed slaves to work for military, regulated industry + profits
Economic and Social Effects of the War * War devastating on S economy- cut off planters from markets in S, overseas cotton sales more difficult, industries w/o large slave forces suffered. Production declined by 1/3, fighting on S land destroyed RRs, farmland * N naval blockade led to shortages of everything- agriculture had focused on cotton and not enough food to meet needs, few doctors b/c of
The Withdrawal of the South * South Carolina voted Dec 1860 to secede, by time Lincoln came to office six more states (Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, TX) seceded * Seceded states formed Confederate States of America Feb1861. These states started seizing federal property but at first lacked power to seize the military instillations at Fort Sumter, SC and For Pickens, FL
The Failure of Compromise * Compromise proposed by Sen John Crittenden of KY proposed constitutional amdts w/ permanent slavery in slave states, fugitive slave returned. At heart was plan to reinstitute Missouri Compromise Line for western lands * Repubs rejected compromise. Lincoln came to office, stated: Union older than …show more content…
Turned to issuing paper money but created inflation of over 9,000% vs North’s 80%, no uniform currency * To raise military called for volunteers, but decline in enlistment led to April 1862 Conscription Act. N capture of Confederate lands led to loss of source for manpower, 1864 shortage so desperate draft widened but still ineffective
States’ Rights versus Centralization * States’ rights supporters obstructed war effort by limiting Davis’ ability to declare martial law and obstructed conscription * Confed did centralize power in S- bureaucracy larger than that of Washington, impressed slaves to work for military, regulated industry + profits
Economic and Social Effects of the War * War devastating on S economy- cut off planters from markets in S, overseas cotton sales more difficult, industries w/o large slave forces suffered. Production declined by 1/3, fighting on S land destroyed RRs, farmland * N naval blockade led to shortages of everything- agriculture had focused on cotton and not enough food to meet needs, few doctors b/c of