1. Chapter 11/12 Analysis: The Economy and Destruction of Slavery
Mr. Contipodero
The American Civil War

2. Supported by economic status
A Modern War
Supported by economic status
Transportation
Food/Resources
Weapons

3. The North Can Win!
Resources
Railroads
Food and Weapons

4. The South Couldn’t Win a Modern War
Not enough resources or food for soldiers
Slavery exists under Emancipation Proclamation

5. Slavery Handicaps South
Prevented development of skilled workers
Led to…
Kept the South Rural
No rise in Industrialism
Southern Debacle

6. Acreage Expansion Wool and leather Northern Growth
Farming machinery developed
North’s population increased
Acreage Expansion
Armies need shoes, harnesses
Didn’t need southern cotton
Wool and leather

7. Its All About the Benjamins!
Little trouble financing the war
North
Philly banker who sold bonds on commission
Jay Cooke
Wartime taxes increased
Money flowed!

8. Southern Economics Relied on Cotton Not enough raw materials
No development of skilled workers
Not 1 railroad track built in ACW
Lack of currency and no taxes

9. The Longer the war…the less of a compromise
North has no slaves
Confederacy depends on slavery

10. Emancipation Proclamation
Freed over 3 million slaves
Did not free slaves in border states: Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, Delaware
Signed on January 1, 1863

11. What to do with Former Slaves?
Herds of fugitive slaves followed the Union army
Contraband
Smuggled goods
Slaves that escaped to the Union Army

12. Negro Soldiers Over 180,000 served in Union Army
54th Massachusetts Infantry : Most famous Negro regiment
March 1865, South authorized Negro slaves for military…it was too late!

13. Review for Chapter 10-12 Test
Make
Vocabulary Terms from Guided Readings
PowerPoint presentations (Chapters 10-12) IT
Analysis of 54th Massachusetts
Shaw Book
Happen
Frederick Douglass Analysis
2 Essay questions