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The North’s superior resources, leadership, and their decision to emancipate slaves eventually led to the Union military victory over the Confederacy. Civil War Harli Hedemark ft. Noah Austin
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CONSCRIPTION Both sides mobilized their societies and economies against the opposition of their citizens. Lincoln suspended habeas corpus (1861) Southern Conscription Act (1862) Northern Conscription Act (1863) NYC draft riots (1863) Various pro and anti war political groups (Radical Republicans, Copperheads, Peace Democrats, War Democrats)
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EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
Lincoln started the Civil War to preserve the Union, but the Emancipation Proclamation helped undermine the Confederacy. Trent Affair (1861) Alabama commerce raider (1862) Emancipation Proclamation (1863) Enlistment of African Americans (1863)
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SLAVERY VS IDEALS Lincoln sought to reunify the country by portraying the struggle against slavery as the fulfillment of American founding ideals. Gettysburg Address (1863)
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MILITARY The Confederacy’s early military success was offset by the North’s greater resources. Anaconda Plan (1861) Gettysburg (1863) Vicksburg (1863) Union’s Total War Strategy Sherman’s March to the Sea (1863) Lee’s Surrender (1865)
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