Note Test 3 Day 3 Flashcards
Things that tied south together
- climate- long growing season
- Anglo Saxon Protestants
- Agricultural Economy- rice (wealthiest), indigo, tobacco
- Class Structure
Class Structure of the south
- Aristocrats
2. Yeoman Farmers
Aristocrats
Planters- rural
bankers…urban
Yeoman Farmers
- Acres 1-2 slaves
- Farmers
- Mountain groups- scottish highlanders
- mountain whites- eastern ky, tennessee
- White trash- without anything - Freed African American- Freedom Papers
- Slaves
William T. Johnson
Natchez, MS
Free man
barber shop
left work where a mob of white men murdered him
Southern Defense of Slavery
- Natural Condition
- Biblical
- Salvation
Kenneth Stamp
book- “Peculiar inst”
Stanley Elkins
“american slavery” - book
Indirect evidence (4 things)
- Masters doc.
- discontent
- Destroying Farm Equipment
- Poisoning
Oct 1859
John Brown
harpers ferry, va
Robert e. lee
prepares south to leave union
Reaction to Execution of John Brown
North- very upset
South- surprised by reaction of north
Ticket for pres before lincoln elected
lincoln
st. douglas
john breckenridge
john bell
dec 1860- succession meeting
sc first state to leave union
texas is 7th
sam houston against it
ft. sumter
north and south
who fights first?
Robert andersoin
tells lincoln he needs more supplies (telegram)
lincoln sends message to gov pickens that he is sending provisions only
April 11- P.T Beauiegar
wants anderson to surrender by 4, if not we will take fort
south fires on ft sumter
3,000-4,000 shots hit fort but no body go shot
Lincoln vs. Davis
davis- quite, let the go in peace
north- will learn from mistakes (lincoln)
south- will not learn from mistakes (davis)
Anaconda Strat.
blockade of southern ports
send military and surround south and squeeze them
Robert E. Lee
best strategust in world, could not win against numbers of grants army
grad from westpoint (second in class)
always in uniform, clean
U.S. Grant
looked like a rodeo, dirty, soldier
grad from westpoint (last in class)
drank a lot
“i annot spare this man, he fights” lincoln quote
Lincoln’s inaugural address
tried to appeal to south
to south- “will not let slavery spread”
succession = unconst.