Transcript Suspension of Habeas Corpus

Civil War Events
APUSH Chapters 20 & 21
Essential Question:
How did President Lincoln
increase the Power of the
presidency in order to win
the Civil War?
Emancipation Proclamation
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Issued on 1-1-1863 by Lincoln. Although
opposed to slavery, Lincoln did not think the
gov’t had the power to abolish it
After what battle does Lincoln issue this
proclamation?
Antietam
Overtime Lincoln saw that he could not save the
Union without ending slavery.
How did Lincoln authorize the freeing of slaves?
Seizing enemy “property”
The Proclamation did not free any slaves
immediately b/c it applied only to slaves in the
CSA. It made the war into a struggle to free
slaves
The Progress of War: 1861-1865
Gettysburg Address
A.
B.
C.
Given by President Lincoln on 11-191863 at Gettysburg, PA four months
after the battle of Gettysburg
Civil War not only a struggle to save the
Union but also to protect freedom of all
citizens
“The United States are” vs. “The United
States is”
Suspension of Habeas Corpus
Habeas Corpus: Prisoner must be brought into
court to determine why they are being
detained – can’t be held in jail without going
before a judge
 Lincoln suspends Habeas Corpus to discourage
disloyalty in the North
13,000 CSA sympathizers are put in jail
without trial in the North
 Most people were quickly released, Lincoln
often ignored the heavy protest of the
Supreme Court and general public
How does this action increase Lincoln’s power
as President during the Civil War?
Great Britain & The Civil War
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A.
B.
Why does Britain need
cotton from the South?
Recognition by Britain
would give the CSA
legitimacy. Also, the
CSA could expect
Britain to help break
the Union naval
blockade
Why didn’t the South
receive recognition
from Britain?
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Trent Affair
Two CSA diplomats
on a British ship
are detained by a
Union vessel off
the Coast of Cuba
 British reaction?
 Union reaction?
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“One war at a time”
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Alabama
Commerce raids
against Union ships
around the world
 Built in Britain with
a British crew had
CSA officers on
board
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The North Initiates the Draft, 1863
Union’s biggest
advantage over CSA?
 Draft initiated to tap
into large Union
population
 Results of drafting
Irish immigrants in
NYC?
 Draft Riot of 1863
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NYC Draft Riots, (July 13-16, 1863)
Recruiting Irish Immigrants in NYC
“Rich man’s war, poor man’s fight”
 How
much $$$ to avoid being drafted
in the North?
 Who could claim exemption in CSA?
 People
 CSA
who owned
> 20 slaves
conscription agents rob both
“cradle and the grave” – eligible for
draft if b/w ages of 17 to 50
The Peace Movement: Copperheads
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Clement Vallandigham
Extreme faction of the
Peace Democrats
Openly obstruct Union
war effort
Vallandigham exiled to
the CSA made his way to
Canada and speaks out
against the war
Strong support in
Southern OH, IN,IL
Personal attacks on
Lincoln, attacks on the
draft & emancipation
Presidential Election of 1864
George McClellan
George McClellan vs.
Abe Lincoln
B. War drags on for the
North, many people
want to give up – A new
Union President will pull
the North out of the
war.
C. How did Sherman’s
capture of Atlanta
ensured Lincoln’s
reelection?
A.
Abe Lincoln
Division of Union Political Parties
Presidential Election
of 1864
showing popular
vote by county
Presidential Election
Results:
1864
Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address
MARCH 4, 1865
“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with
firmness in the right as God gives us to see the
right, let us strive on to finish the work we are
in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for
him who shall have borne the battle and for his
widow and his orphan, to do all which may
achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace
among ourselves and with all nations.”
What was President Lincoln asking the nation to do?
Heal and reunite as one country
Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address
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13
Amendment
Ratified (approved) in 1865
B. Officially abolishes all forms of slavery in
the United States
A.
What document did not totally ban
slavery in the U.S.?
Did former slaves enjoy full freedom and
equal treatment immediately?