1. Politics of War
Chapter 11.2

2. Britain Remains Neutral
Britain stocked up on southern cotton before the war and also had new sources from Egypt and India.

4. Trent Affair
Fall of 1861 Confederates sent James Mason and John Slidell in a second attempt to gain support from Britain and France.
The two traveled on a British merchant ship the Trent. American warship the San Jacinto stopped the Trent and arrested the two men.
Dispatching 8,000 British troops to Canada the Union felt it was important to fight one war at a time and let the two men go citing that they were illegally arrested.

5. Lincoln’s View On Slavery
Lincoln personally felt strongly about abolishing slavery but he did not believe that he had the power to abolish it while it already existed.
Slaves were building fortifications and growing food for the Confederacy and he believed he had the power to emancipate them under these specifications.
The abolitionist movement would discourage the British desire to back the Confederacy; emancipation became a weapon of war.

8. Emancipation Proclamation
On January 1, 1863 Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. This proclamation only applies to the area behind Confederate lines.

9. Reactions to the Proclamation
This made the war a moral dilemma aimed at turning the conflict into a freeing of the slaves event.
Northern Democrats believed it would antagonize and prolong the war.
In the South it made the men very determined to fight for there way of life.

10. Both Sides Face Political Problems
There were Confederate sympathizers in the north and Union sympathizers in the south
Copperheads were northerners who advocated peace with the south

12. Dealing With Dissent 1/2
Disloyalty was punished, in Baltimore a crowd attacked Union regiments after Fort Sumter.
Lincoln sent federal troops to Maryland and suspended the writ of habeas corpus.
determining why he or she is being arrested
Around 13,000 suspected Confederate sympathizers were arrested without trial though many were released quickly.

13. Dealing With Dissent 2/2
Telegraph offices were seized to control the messages and Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney declared Lincoln went beyond his constitutional powers.
Lincoln ignore him. Davis at first denounced Lincolns handling of civil right and in 1862 followed Lincolns lead and suspended it as well.
Copperheads were being arrested, most notably Ohio congressman Clement Vallandigham who was urging soldiers to desert there posts and urging an armistice.

14. Conscription 1/2
After many casualties and people deserting the military, conscription or a draft would force certain members of the military to fight. The Confederacy passed a draft law in 1862 followed by the Union in 1863.
Initially the Confederacy drafted all able bodied white men from and a year later after suffering losses changed it to

15. Conscription 2/2
If one was wealthy, they could hire substitutes. The law excluded those who owned 20 or more slaves, almost 90% of southern men served in the fight.
Union drafted between 20 and 45 for three years and allowed substitutes. 46,000 draftees went into the army 2 million volunteers and 180,000 African Americans

16. Draft Riots
1863 from July violent mobs (especially Irish immigrants) thought it was unfair that they had to fight a war to free slaves and feared freed slaves would take northern jobs.
Angry mobs trashed Republican newspaper offices, homes of anti-slavery people, wealthy folk who may have the fortune to pay the substitute fee.
When it was all said and done 100 people laid dead