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| Lincoln told the South Carolinians that he would provision them though not reinforce them. The Union naval force started on its way to Ft. Sumter which S.C. saw as a threat & fired upon them. There were no deaths but Lincoln saw this as a demand for armed response |
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| strong unionist voices heard throughout parts of the wartime south |
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| General Lee's chief for much of the war. He was a gifted tactical theorist & a master of speed & deception |
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| the monarchs of northern agriculture proved to be more potent potentates than king cotton. Good weather produced good crops. British had bad year & needed big import of goods. If they had helped south, they wouldn't have gotten these supplies from north |
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| the 1st major crisis w/ britain. A union ship stopped british ship, the Trent, & took 2 confederate soldiers headed for England. This upset the british & they were going to aid the south but Lincoln apologized & gave the prisoners back. he didn't need another war |
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| a confederate commerce raider. they left port unarmed & picked up weapons elsewhere. It captured over 60 vessels. manned by brits. finally sunk off coast of France |
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| provisions were grossly unfair to the poor. Rich boys could hire substitutes to go in their places or purchase exemption outright by paying $300. met w/ many riots because it was $300 or your life |
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| "bounty brokers" and "substitute brokers" |
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| They combed to poorhouses of the British isles & western Europe. They enduced ment to enlist |
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| it increased the existing duties some 5-10 percent, boosting them to about the moderate level of the Walker Tariff of 1846 |
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| launched partly as a stimulant to the sale of gov't bonds, it was also designed to est. a standard bank-note |
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| people who got their money by selling cheap products such as quickly disintigrating uniforms made from "shoddy" wool rather than virgin wool |
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