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Thomas Crawford’s Statute of Freedom
The Cap fo Slavery or Feathered
Helmet of Freedom.
Northern and Southern
Issues
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Northern:
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Limiting or eradicating slavery in the newly created
and soon to be created states.
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Enforcing Union and Federal government power to
prevent secession or insurrection(Constitution).
Preserving the Union and national government.
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Limiting the slave trade and the running away of
slave trade.
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Enforcing economic and political influence over the
Southern states.
Preserving Ante-bellum
country
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Southern Interests

Preserving state rights and limiting the intrusion of
Federal government into state politics and culture.
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Preserving Southern culture and social system that
“took care of the slaves!”
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Preserving their economy which is in cotton
manufactured by slaves.
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Finding more land to expand slavery in the Southern
states coming into the Union
Social History of the
War(The Other Civil War)**
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The War still had much dissent of poor against rich
and rebellion(Zinn, p. 228).
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Prices rocketed so it caused strikes in New York:
Machinist factory, House painters, workmen, glass
cutters, demanding higher wages(p. 229).
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Women entered the factories bringing wages
down. Paid 3$/week in umbrella factories. 12 hour
days(p. 230).
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Conscription Act(1864): Escape clause-Rich
people pay 300$ for substitute. Conscription Act
of Confederacy(1863). Could pay for
substitute.(p. 231)
Rich Man’s War
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1,000 families received 50 million $ income.
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660,000 received 60 million$ income(p. 231).
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Anti draft riots in northern and southern cities.
Many bands formed societies seeing rich profit
from their deaths(p. 231).
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Desertions were 200,000 soldiers in the army(p.
232).
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Government as Dictator of
the Rich
What
is
a
leader?
Discussion
 Moriff Tariff-made foreign products more
expensive and raise prices for the poor(p. 233).
point

Contract labor Law of 1864: contract with foreign
workers and get 12 months of wages for
immigration.(p. 234).
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Courts of law was protecting rich and landowners
in contract cases(p. 235).
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Suspension of habeas corpus law for Confederate
soldiers and spies. Throw in jail. President made
commander and chief. Tried in military tribunals
Government Emancipator
What is a servant leader?

Question: Was the war solely an economic war of
protection of Border States or was it a moral
cause?
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Other benefits: Free slaves to become spies and
join the Union army. Disrupt the Confederacy.

Slaves helped push Union to give freedom. They
sided and escaped to Union armies. They
demanded freedom on plantations.

Jan 1, 1863: Liberated slaves in all areas of the
war. 3 million slaves were freed. Revolution of
freedom in the country.
African-Americans in the
Civil War*
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Blacks were recruited to the army by posters.
Many recruited by appeals for freedom and valor.

Victory at Milliken Bend, Louisiana changed
attitudes of whites.

Blacks were put into laboring positions and none
became commissioned officers. They were in
segregated units. Played role in war outcome.

185,000 Blacks fought in the Union.
The
th
54
Massachusetts

Six Hundred blackmen
assaulted Fort Wagner.

40 percent did not return.

Large battle for courage by
African-American soldiers.

Sergeant William Carney saw
color bearer fall and seized it
in return while sustaining
injuries. 37 years for a Medal
of Honor.

Blacks were paid 10.00 which
was 3 dollars less than white.
Some did it free.

Clothing was of poor quality.
Women in Civil War

Women fought alongside
men but disguised
themselves. 250 women
fought in ranks.

Women were spies usually
posing in social parties
and sent plans of
Confederate army in
Battle of Bull run. Bella
Boyd was most famous
spies.
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Women also managed
the farms and plantations
while men were away to
war. They were pillaged,
raped, and exploited
during the war by
marauding armies.
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Native Americans and
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Native Americans in the
Army

Union side

Creeks sided with the
Union in the war.

Cherokee was divided.
Majority stayed with the
Union.

They fought in major
campaigns in
Pennsylvania and
Wichita battle.

They felt that
government would give
them freedom and leave
them alone.

Colored regiment-all
people were colored.

Cherokee fought with
Confederacy. They were
punished at the end of
the war.

They fought on First Battle
of Manassas.
Asian-Pacific Islanders
How do foreign American
citizens
fight
for
freedom
in
a
300 API combatants
fought incountry?
the war.
unfree

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The 2005 identification of
Hong Kong born
combatant Thomas
Sylvanus (Ah Yee Way)
gave me the
opportunity to reclaim
his amazing lifelong fight
for freedom and justice
in Chinese Yankee: A
True Story from the Civil
War (2014).
Summary
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1. Sectionalism,
Economy, Slavery
causes of the war.
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2. Social consequences
involved disputes
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3. Government’s role in
civil war-dictator and
emancipator.
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4. African-American
involvement. Women’s
involvement. NativeAmerican involvement.