HIST 105 1nd Edition Lecture 26 Outline of Last Lecture I. Lincoln electedII. Secession III. Peace ProposalsIV. Fort SumterV. ComparisonVI. Bull Run VII. Emancipation Proclamation Outline of Current Lecture I. Bull Run II. Emancipation Proclamation Current LectureI. Bull Run/ Manasses- First Major Battle- June 21, 1861- Confederate victory- Hard, long war- Why fight in North? - First: Put down the rebellion - “Preserve the Union”- Then: End slavery Morally against it Free slaves to help Union Free slave hurts economy Black troops?II. Emancipation Proclamation - July 1862- Lincoln presents to his cabinet preliminary Emancipation Proclamation Free all slaves in states in rebellion, but not the border states Cabinet says don’t present it - Sept. 19, 1862- Battle of Antietam Confederate army retreats These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute. Give Lincoln victory and announce Emancipation Proclamation will take effect Jan. 1, 1863 “Forever Free”- April 1865- Confederacy also frees slaves - End of war, only place where slavery still exists is in the Union - Slaves freed Dec. 1865 with ratification of 13th Amendment by the states- Will the Emancipation Proclamation be challenged in court after the war is over? - Will it stand? - Lincoln not sure- Used as a wartime measure under rules of war- January 1865 Lincoln push for congress to pass 13th amendment - Abolish slavery - Jan 31, 1865: 13th Amendment passed in congress- April 9, 1865: War is over- April 14, 1865: Lincoln shot by Booth- April 15, 1865: Lincoln dies- Results:- Slaves freed- First draft- Civil liberties suspended (war time only)- Passage of Homestead Bill (1862) Any citizen can claim 160 acres of public and and not begin payments on it for 5 years - Morill Land Grant Act (1862) Each state gets 30,000 acres of public land er congressional representative States sell land and use money to start a public university which will be required to teach agriculture, engineering, and military science Indiana: Purdue- Transcontinental
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