History 1100The Civil War: Whose Revolution?I. The Civil War as an Irrepressible ConflictA. The Human CostsB. The Economic CostsII. The Balance Sheet of War: What Were the Confederate Chances?A. The Cotton Embargo and the Northern BlockadeB. Agricultural Modernization and Industrial Growth in the NorthC. Class Conflict North and SouthIII. The Role of the Federal Government in Northern Victory: Securing the Political BaseA. A Northern Route for the Transcontinental Railroad, 1862 and 1864B. The Morrill Land Grant Act, 1862C. The Homestead Act, 1862IV. The Role of Slavery and Black Agency in Northern VictoryA. Initial Union Policy toward Slavery: Compensated, Gradual Emancipation and the “White Man’s War”B. The Radical Alliance: Slaves Become “Contraband” and The Passage of the Confiscation Acts, 1861, 1862C. The Emancipation Proclamation and the Radical Alliance Becomes Union Policy1. The Pivotal Role of the Black Military Contribution2. Impact on European Support3. Impact on Non Slaveholding Whites4. Impact on Black Civilians: The Port Royal ExperimentD. The Confederate Policy Response to the Emancipation Proclamation 1. The Fort Pillow Massacre, April 12, 1864 2. The Negro Soldier Law, March, 1865Balance Sheet of WarCotton Blockade/EmbargoMorrill Land Grant Act, 1862Homestead Act, 1862Confiscation Acts, 1861, 1862Emancipation Proclamation, 1863Negro Soldier Law, 1865- Southern slave holders voted to succeed from the union- 800,000 men served in the confederacy- 2.1 million served in the union- in total over one million casualties out od the total population of 31 million and in the confederacy- total cost of the war: 20 billion. 5X’s total federal expenditures from the nation’s inception- the first modern war is the civil war- before rifles were muskets - The Europeans developed an Egyptian import for cotton- The cotton embargo didn’t help them- Cyrus and William McCormick build an empire. - The manufacture of mowers doubled- The 2 million men that go off to fight in war are actually replaced by machines. Agriculture equipment becomes new and better- Consumer prices rise due to inflation- In the north and member of the working classes you are suffering from this inflation. The north needs more labor, increased demand of labor because of the absence of men off at war- The north controls the government- Northern transcontinential route allowed it to cross the US. Fight over wanting in south or north, the north won. People of the republican party were happen because it was commercialization of agriculture, allowed for expansion. Expand from northeast across the country.- The homestead act, is based on the principles of free soil- The African American population is pushing the politics of emancipation. From beginning of the war when Lincoln calls for troops and African Americans volunteer to serve in the war.- African americans are allowed to self emancipate. Slaves runaway and join union lines. Generals don’t know what to do with them. They ought to return them technically because they are property. During the war the military over rides the government. - Kept slaves as contraband that joined the union lines- Impact of the emancipation proclamation. You can now be used as part of the war and the union has decided they are people not slaves or property.- A total of 185,000 african American men fought in the union army- 35,000 from the north, 150,000 from the slaveholding states- in Missouri, 39% of age eligible African American men served in the union army- the confederacy put 800,000 of their white men into the CSA 150,000 of their black men served the union- political revolution- many of the men willing to serve as white officers were abolitionists. They believed in racial equality- Jefferson davis refuses to consider proposal- John Browns body: while the revolution was a failure, john brown was hung. The most poular marching song for the whole union