20 Girding for War: The North and the South

raiser questions of how to divide the national debt between the North and the South

inhibit industrial development

mean splitting federal owned territories

lead to increased numbers of fugitive slaves

entice Europe to possibly seize American territories

It is considered the start of the Civil War

It was where South Carolina officially seceded

It was the first Southern victory of the Civil War

It marked an act of Southern aggression against the North

Maryland

Delaware

West Virginia

Kentucky

Missouri

He did not want to alienate the border states that would be vital to his cause

He feared he would upset other allied states

Members of his family were slaveholders who were on the side of the South

His main objective was keeping the Union together

He sought to negotiate a peace and was willing to Compromise on the slavery issue to make it happen, if necessary

Northern soldiers were more intellectual and practical, whereas Southern soldiers were more emotional

Southern soldiers had more difficulty adjusting to military authority than their Northern counterparts

Northern troops were more concerned with defending hearth and home.

Southern soldiers had the advantage of fighting defensively, whereas Northern soldiers had to attach on unknown terrain

Northern soldiers tended not to be the natural fighters that Southerns were.

Food shortages

Uniform shortages

Boredom

Lack of discipline in the camps

Disease

poor military leadership from the outset

its economy

its lack of arms/weaponry

its minimal control of the seas

its relatively small population

Foreign intervention

The strength of its army

Its military leadership

World demand for its cotton crops

Its knowledge of potential battlegrounds

creating a currency for his new nation

balancing his roles as military and political leader

ongoing tension between states' rights and the need for a unified central government

amassing an army

his lack of popularity

declared a blockade without congressional approval

increased the size of the army

ordered a $2 million payout to private citizens aiding the military effort

suspended freedom of the pres by insisting that editors avoid publishing anti-Union articles or editorials

suspended the writ of habeas corpus

The beginning of mandatory conscription

The provision that allowed the rich to hire a substitute when drafted

The disproportionate numbers of upstate farmers in the military

White men's anger at fighting a war over slavery

The use of bounty brokers to staff the army

issuing paper money

excise taxes

tariffs

government bonds

property taxes

not to tax private property

free land to those settling the West

leniency to those who fled west to escape the draft

free gold to those who mined California

oil leases to those settling Pennsylvania

Soldiers

Cooks, Launderers, and Tailors

Government Workers

Spies

Nurses