Hist 1000 Lecture 34 Outline of Last Lecture The Role of Slavery and Black Agency in Northern Victory- Initial Union Policy toward Slavery: Compensated, Gradual Emancipation and the “White Man’s War”- The Radical Alliance: Slaves Become “Contraband” and The Passage of the Confiscation Acts, 1861, 1862- The Emancipation Proclamation and the Radical Alliance Becomes Union Policyo The Pivotal Role of the Black Military Contributiono Impact on European Supporto Impact on Non Slaveholding Whiteso Impact on Black Civilians: The Port Royal Experiment- The Confederate Policy Response to the Emancipation Proclamationo The Fort Pillow Massacre, April 12, 1864o The Negro Soldier Law, March, 1865Outline of Current Lecture Reconstructing America: Or Who Won the Civil WarThe Case for Black Southern Victory- The Thirteenth Amendment and the End of Human Property- The Fourteenth Amendment and the Guarantee of Civil Rights- The Fifteenth Amendment and the Vote for Black MenThe Case For White Southern Victory- Retain Ownership of the Land- Regain Regional Political PowerThe Case for Farmer Victory- The Homestead Act and the Expansion of Commercial Agriculture- Tenantry: Freedman = Freeman?The Compromise: Freedom as Separate Spheres- For the Freedpeople- For the Now Non-Owning White Man- For WomenThese 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.Current LectureReconstructing America: Or Who Won the Civil WarThe Case for Black Southern Victory- The Thirteenth Amendment and the End of Human Propertyo End of slaveryo Took what was gained as a war effort to something guaranteed through law- The Fourteenth Amendment and the Guarantee of Civil Rightso No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens - The Fifteenth Amendment and the Vote for Black Meno All men can vote regardless of race. Etc. - ^^ Most important amendments since the Bill of RightsThe Case For White Southern Victory- Retain Ownership of the Lando According to Charles Sumner, he thought that there had to be a distribution of land to help the former slaves truly become free In order to have any political or social power was to have land. It used to give the right to vote and was the source of being a part of the economyo Andrew Johnson decides that he cannot continue to give out huge amounts of land. Lets the South keeps the land that they originally had. - Regain Regional Political PowerThe Case for Farmer Victory- The Homestead Act and the Expansion of Commercial Agricultureo Parts of the South were taken as new land and the expansion could be spread south in a sense- Tenantry: Freedman = Freeman?o The idea that the freedman and the freeman were still differento There were still differences even though both races were “free”The Compromise: Freedom as Separate Spheres- For the Freedpeople- For the Now Non-Owning White Man- For
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