11.2
Britain Remain Neutral: Britain starts depending on Egypt & India
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The Trent Affair
o Trent boat 2 men from confederate Britain & France arrested
o British threaten war against Union
Lincolns view of slavery
o He believed he had no pow
11.1 Notes
By Joe Wax
Confederates fire on fort Sumter
1. Confederate soldiers start taking over federal installations in their states
(courthouses, post offices, and forts)
2. Only 2 southern forts left in unions hands one of them was Fort Sumter in
S. C
History
10.3 Notes: Rebirth of Republican Party
Slavery Divides whigs
a. General Winfield Scott owed nomination to Northern Whigs, opposed
fugitive slave actthey didnt like compromise of 1850 that much
b. Southern Whigs liked the compromise.pro-slavery an
11.3 Notes
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Confederate money created by confederacy huge amount of inflation
African As fight for freedom
o 1862 law allowing A.As to serve in military (not allowed until then)
o They were discriminated against as soldiers got less pay from gov.
`10.4 Notes
Abe Lincoln says that country cannot keep going as a divided country must either be all
slave or all free
SLAVERY DOMINATES POLITICS
a. Dred Scott Decision
a. Dred Scott, a slave from Missouri, lived with owner in a free part of
country for se
10.1 Notes The divisive politics of slavery
Joe Wax
1. James C. Calhoun upset that he didnt get to debate over whether or not CA was a
free state/slave state
He said that slavery should be allowed in all territories won by the war
with Mexico, and if not,
10.2 Notes
by Joe Wax
Fugitive slave act
- no trial by jury, $10 for returning a salve, $1,000 fine for helping slaves
escapes
Personal Liberty law
- forbade the imprison of fugitives and gave them a trial by jury
Underground Railroad
- A secret network o
