breaking up a nation and trying to mend it back together
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Breaking Up a Nation and Trying to Mend Breaking Up a Nation and Trying to Mend It Back TogetherIt Back Together
Federal vs. State AuthorityLincoln thinks the Federal Government should decide the question of where slavery exists
The Southern States believe that is a question to be decided by states
Lincoln’s Union (North) – Article 1, section 8 (Necessary and Proper Clause)To make all Laws which shall be necessary and
proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
Confederacy (South) – Amendment #10 _______________________________________________
North (Union)North (Union)Military Advantages
More PeopleLarge Navy
Economic AdvantagesControlled most bankingMost factories,
railroads, and food farms
Political AdvantagesEstablished Central
Gov’tDisadvantages
Many believe the war too costly and are hard to motivate
South South (Confederacy)(Confederacy)
Military AdvantagesWar of AttritionOn Home front
Economic AdvantagesForeign Cotton Demand
Political AdvantagesDefending their homesMost believed in the
causeDisadvantages
States rights means weak central gov’t ~ makes fighting a war difficult
Lincoln had said that if states were still rebelling by new year’s 1863, he’d free the
slaves in Southern States
U.S. gov’t recognizes those slaves as free
Still slavery in the border states; EP only applies to areas outside of Lincoln’s control
Commits U.S. to a policy of abolition in the South
1313th th AmendmentAmendment: Prohibits Slavery
1414ththAmendmentAmendment: Full Citizenship, Due Process, Equal Protection
1515thth Amendment Amendment: Right to Vote
Freedman’s BureauFree public education for African-Americans
and whites in the South
Most states required to ratify 14th Amendment
Military Reconstruction Act ~ Troops sent
Established state hospitals and institutions for orphans, disabled, mentally ill
Rebuilt roads, railways, and bridgesProvided funds for new railroads
and industryTranscontinental railroad
Industry grew rapidly
The BadThe BadEconomic Depression in SouthMilitary Posts in the West
Forced removal of Native Americans from the Great Plains from 1867 to 1890
The UglyThe UglyBlack Codes weaken ReconstructionCompromise of 1876 ends Reconstruction too fast
Not all had accepted Reconstruction AmendmentsNo permanent provisions for rights of Blacks
Share cropping and tenant farms replace slaveholding plantations
Ku Klux Klan affect the South because it helped the reverse Reconstruction in the South