2.2

• Conscription

  Union: Enrolment Act (riots)

  -suspension of Habeas Corpus (disloyal to union)

  -expansion: created military commission

  Confederacy: Conscription Act

  -slave law excused owners w 20+ slaves

  *Critics say changed aim from maintaining union to abolishing slavery
• Emancipation Proclamation


  Lincoln offered freedom of slaves in SLAVE states not border states

  -attack on south economy

  -slaves run away + CSA war effort undermined

  *delayed until victory at Antietam (chance to end rebellion)

  Preliminary: Jan 1, 1863

  made abolition CENTRAL issue (limits refer to fears of SC overturn)
• Emancipation Proc Response

  North: war for unity now war for EMANCIPATION

  South: war for independence now war in defense of SLAVERY

  -blacks began to escape/flee more and contribute to war effort in North

  13th Am: passed by Repub majority

  -abolished slavery in ALL states
• Social Life in Confed States

  no UNITY, enthusiasm gone (divisions)

  -slaves acting aggressive (resisting ownership)

  -Davis platantion authority overthrown

  HIGHLIGHT deep divisions between slaves/masters

  -plantation owners (planter aristocracy) dominated confederate politics as small proportion

  'rich mans war, poor mans fight'*
• Political Life in Confed States

  -blacks fighting for freedom and whites maintaining union worked to weaken CSA war efforts

  Confed Economy: exclusively agriculture

  -main source wealth, 2/3 cotton

  -led to economic hardships with naval blockade

  (could not import, unable to implement tariffs imports, inc INFLATION)
• Life in Union

  Repub maj + Dem 3 acts passed strengthening interest

  -Morril tariff, 1861: introduced high import duties to protect Am industry from competition

  -Transcontinental RR Act, 1862: offered government incentive to assist developing first tc rail line

  -Homestead Act 1862: 160 acres govt land, improve (cultivating)

  
  

  Repub response to increasing unpopular weariness:

  -Lincoln stood re-election for National Union Party to gain votes from smaller parties (War Democrats) on a moderately-conservative platform

  *War Democrats: supported war, disliked Republican ec policies