A.S. objectives B,D, F

Unit 6 Chapter 20 Objectives B, D, F


B. The Border States consisted of  Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware. They were slave states that bordered free states. Free states wanted them to become free inorder to help tilt the scale of slavery in their favor, while the slave states wanted them to remain slave states in order to keep the scale of slavery strong. Also, both sides wanted control of the Ohio river (which was border of Kentucky. Lincoln said hoped to have God on his side, but he had to have Kentucky) for the purpose of transportation.  In Maryland and Missouri, Lincoln sent in troops.  Lincoln kept denying that his goal was to free slaves, he said that it was to preserve Union.

D. In diplomatic struggle for sympathies of European powers, the North had King Corn and King Wheat; while the South had King Cotton. Britain had a series of bad harvest and was forced to import grain from the U.S. ; but they had a surplus of cotton. The South did not get Foreign intervention from neither the intended France nor Britain. However their were a series of incidents with “ships” as well as blockades.

F. The war crushed the South. It possessed 30% national wealth in 1860 which dropped to 12% in 1870. And per capita dropped from 2/3 that of Northerners, to 2/5. Also Transportation collapsed. Moreover the North was more populous than the south to begin with. The South needed to start drafting people way earlier than the North who relied on volunteers. The fact that men were gone to war opened job opportunities for women. North got high tariffs and a boosted industry. In conclusion the South suffered A LOT more then the North.