North knew it was critical to prevent Confederacy from getting foreign support and recognition Failure of King Cotton Diplomacy Europe was not as dependent on cotton as much as the South had hoped; South’s Europe had sources of cotton from Egypt and India wool and linen can also be used to create textiles, not just cotton France would not choose sides until Britain did British did not lend support to South because: failure at Antietam; dashed hopes of a decisive victory Lee’s the working class sympathized with the Union cause despite the cotton shortage because booming war industries tempered unemployment northern grain shipped to Britain to prevent hunger instead, Europe declared neutrality; in doing so, recognized the Civil War as a between to legitimate governments Trent Affair US snatched Confederate diplomats Mason and Slidell off a British ship called the Trent British threatened war, so Lincoln let the diplomats free but the diplomats failed to obtain recognition anyways :b Confederate Raiders South was respected enough to purchase deadly warships from Britain, which US claimed was a violation of neutrality US persuades Britain not to sell warships to Confederacy and later demands huge reparations from Britain The End of Slavery Lincoln hesitant to take action against slavery: needed to maintain border state support constitutional protections of slavery prejudices of northerners premature action could be overturned in the next action Confiscation Acts refused to return captured slaves to Confederate owners, General Benjamin Butler calling them contraband of war First Confiscation Act- thousands of contrabands escape into Union camps to become “confiscated” used in support of the Confederate military effort will be txbk say “slaves freed” <shrugs> same deal? Second Confiscation Act- slaves of people in rebellion were free Confiscation Acts allowed Lincoln to use them in the Union army Emancipation Proclamation after winning Antietam in the fall of 1862, Lincoln declares that he will use his powers to issue the Emancipation Proclamation Lincoln uses his power as commander in chief to free all citing “military necessity,” slaves at war with the United States delayed announcement until he could win the support of conservative northerners encouraged border states to come up with plans to emancipate slaves 1863- issued the Emancipation Proclamation do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and “I parts of States are, and henceforward shall be, free; and that the Executive Government
North knew it was critical to prevent Confederacy from getting foreign support and recognition Failure of King Cotton Diplomacy Europe was not as dependent on South’s cotton as much as the South had hoped; Europe had sources of cotton from Egypt and India wool and linen can also be used to create textiles, not just cotton France would not choose sides until Britain did British did not lend support to South because: Lee’s failure at Antietam; dashed hopes of a decisive victory the working class sympathized with the Union cause despite the cotton shortage because booming war industries tempered unemployment northern grain shipped to Britain to prevent hunger instead, Europe declared neutrality; in doing so, recognized the Civil War as a between to legitimate governments Trent Affair US snatched Confederate diplomats Mason and Slidell off a British ship called the Trent British threatened war, so Lincoln let the diplomats free but the diplomats failed to obtain recognition anyways :b Confederate Raiders South was respected enough to purchase deadly warships from Britain, which US claimed was a violation of neutrality US persuades Britain not to sell warships to Confederacy and later demands huge reparations from Britain The End of Slavery Lincoln hesitant to take action against slavery: needed to maintain border state support constitutional protections of slavery prejudices of northerners premature action could be overturned in the next action Confiscation Acts General Benjamin Butler refused to return captured slaves to Confederate owners, calling them contraband of war First Confiscation Act- thousands of contrabands escape into Union camps to become “confiscated” txbk say “slaves used in support of the Confederate military effort will be freed” <shrugs> same deal? Second Confiscation Act- slaves of people in rebellion were free Confiscation Acts allowed Lincoln to use them in the Union army Emancipation Proclamation after winning Antietam in the fall of 1862, Lincoln declares that he will use his powers to issue the Emancipation Proclamation citing “military necessity,” Lincoln uses his power as commander in chief to free all slaves at war with the United States delayed announcement until he could win the support of conservative northerners encouraged border states to come up with plans to emancipate slaves 1863- issued the Emancipation Proclamation “I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be, free; and that the Executive Government
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