Hist 1000 Lecture 30 Outline of Last Lecture 1)Why did the liberty party drop their concerns about women’s rights?2)In the South’s perspective, why would they believe that the North is seceding?3)What did the Know Nothings think was happening in the northern cities?4)What were the areas that could be expanded to? What conflict arose from this?5)What was the claim that Dred Scott was using in his court trial?Outline of Current Lecture The Civil War as an Irrepressible Conflict- The Human Costs- The Economic CostsThe Balance Sheet of War: What Were the Confederate Chances?- The Cotton Embargo and the Northern Blockade- Agricultural Modernization and Industrial Growth in the North- Class Conflict North and SouthCurrent LectureThe Civil War as an Irrepressible Conflict- The Human Costso 800,000 men served in the confederacyo 2.1 million in the uniono 364,000 federal soldiers diedo 258,000 confederate soldiers died o 50,000 civilian deaths- The Economic Costso 20 billion o One half of the South’s livestock 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.The Balance Sheet of War: What Were the Confederate Chances?- The Cotton Embargo and the Northern Blockadeo The south will sit on their cotton and not give any to the north, thought that the North would collapse without this great resourceo Refusal to tradeo To make sure the South can’t trade, even if they wanted to, with Britain by blocking them with all of their ships. - Agricultural Modernization and Industrial Growth in the Northo Increase mechanization of agriculture Did this to make easy work on farming without the use of slaveso Increase of textiles, clothing, and shoeso Manufacture stocks increase in value- Class Conflict North and Southo Resentment in both north and south because the rich in the south (Slave owners of 20 or more) could get out of serving the war Did this because they thought it would be dangerous to leave so many slaves unguarded while that slave owner foughto Resentment in the north because the working class had to fight the
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