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Why the South Lost & The Aftermath
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Reason 1: South’s Rights Theory Failed
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Reason 2: The Failure of Southern Nationalism People as a whole fought for their states, not the CSA People in the North fought for the USA, not their states
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Reason 3: Immorality of Slavery The Southerners had no moral ground to stand on, so no one rallied to the cause The North had the moral high ground of freedom, so those in the north rallied to their cause
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Reason 4: Nationalism over States’ Rights
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Reason 5: Industry Over Agriculture The idea of using agriculture as a bargaining tool failed The West opened up
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Reason 6: Failure of the Ideas of Secession and Nullification The theory that states didn’t have to follow rules it didn’t like, didn’t hold up the CSA, which led to its defeat
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The End Results
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April 9, 1865-Lee Surrenders in Appomattox Court House, VA
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The End of Slavery When the South lost, it became American Territory again, which meant that the Emancipation Proclamation took effect in the South The North passed 3 Amendments to outlaw slavery
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The 3 slavery Amendments to the US Constitution
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Amendment 13 December 18. 1865 Neither slavery, nor involuntary servitude…shall exist within the US or any place subject to its jurisdiction
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Amendment 14 July 28, 1868 ALL persons born in the US are citizens of the US. No state can “take away” the basic rights of those citizens
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Amendment 15 March 30, 1870 The rights of citizens of the US to vote shall not be denied on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
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Repudiation of the Confederate Debt
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The Devastation of the South Destruction Food Shortages Uncertain status of African- Americans Return of Former Confederates to Power
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Destruction 620,000 lives lost In the South, railroads destroyed, ports abandoned, towns empty In the Border states of Kentucky and Missouri, anarchy $4 billion lost in freed slaves
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Destruction Many people leave to Canada or Mexico rather than live under “Yankee” rule Hatred among the South for anything northern, especially people and military
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Destruction “Fear God, love the South, and live to avenge her”
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Destruction Confiscation Acts of 1862 and 1864 “Forty acres and a mule”
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Food Shortages Southern farms were destroyed Cotton, rice, sugar industry in the South are wiped out
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Uncertain Status of Newly Freed African-Americans “Top rail is bottom rail now” “We own this land now. Put it out of your head that it will ever be yours again.”
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Uncertain Status of Newly Freed African-Americans Passage of the Black codes
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Uncertain Status of Newly Freed African-Americans Freedmen’s Bureau – 1865 The Black codes - 1865
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Freedmen’s Bureau For former slaves, it: –Negotiated labor contracts –Provided Medical Care –Set up new schools
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The Black Codes In the South Blacks could not own farm land in Mississippi or town lots in SC Had to buy licenses to practice certain trades
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The Black Codes Blacks could not carry firearms without a permit They had to enter into labor contracts Vagrants were forced to work for virtually free
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Return of Former Confederates to Power In the beginning, the 1 st legislatures in the South after the war were the same people that were in the Southern Government during the war That changed after the US Congress met in December 1865
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