History 163 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Equal Protection Clause, Reconstruction Era
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Two elections one north, one south (four way vote) Lincoln only campaigned in north and midwest still won (40% of popular vote) Southerners believed that their interests were no longer protected. South carolina was first state to succeed. Confederacy calls constitutional convention: write new constitution with explicit support for slavery, said no state had right to succeed (ironic) 5 month period where no one is running national government because. Buchannan too scared to do anything, lincoln not sworn in yet. Total war: new battle, before this, war existed only on battle field, now, civilians were brought in houses burn, etc, prisoners of war for the first time. 14: yeomen farmers white farmers with small farms. Self sufficient through property ownership and hard labor. Allowed white men to be exempt from fighting for every. By end of war, at least 100,000 deserters: war undermined slave system. In order for slave system to work, slaves had to believe owners had absolute authority.
