HIST 2110 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Cotton Diplomacy, Manifest Destiny, New Slaves
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Freest people in world b/c housing, food, clothes. In the south, the slaves were not killing their wives like the men in the north were. Americans have the duty to spread civilization and democracy to the entire continent. Free soil ideology-belief of people that were against slavery. Democracy rooted in white men"s property ownership and ability to control labor. South was stuck in their ways and wasn"t advancing like in the north because slavery was holding them back. Manufacturing- 100k plants (90%+ of iron, coal) Thought that it would be a quick war so the north"s advantages wouldn"t matter. France would back them because they needed the cotton (cotton diplomacy) Too large of a territory to conquer. Originally they were fighting to preserve the. Union, but then realized they were fighting against slavery which caused new. Emancipation proclamation made it so that the former slaves could go fight for the union and the south was losing their.
