I. Lincoln¹s First 100 days-lack of leadership?
A. South Carolina secession-12/16/61
1. Crittenden Compromise-36-30 & never abolish
2. Fort Sumter
a. Lincoln calls for troops-Upper South leaves
b. Importance of Boarder States-³I want God. . .²
B. Causation?
II. The War
A. Domestic issues--Balance of Forces-North & South
1. South better off than 13 colonies
2. North had advantages-farms, factories, pop
B. Foreign involvement: ³Silent looms of England²
III. The Confederate Constitution & Government
A. Fatal Weaknesses
B. Jefferson Davis
1. No party system in the South
2. Anti-secession silent-Fire-eaters no offices
IV. Emancipation & Civil Rights for Northern citizens
A. Was secession legal-writ of habeas corpus
1. Border State intimidation
2. Suspension of newspapers - arrest of editors
3. Clement L. Vallandingham‹ "The Copperhead"
B. What about Slavery
1. Non extension was moot
2. But Fugitive Slave and Runaway slaves?
3. Politics of emancipation
a. Issues: Radicalism, Black soldier, Fugitives
1. 1862 Radicals abolish slavery in DC
2. AL proposes abolition in Boarder sts.
3. Northern Generals need black troops
b. That settled it-Emancipation in 2 parts.
1. Slaves in South‹"Forever free"
2. Boarder states angry but radicals too
C. Election of 1862