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Civil War Assessment (Industrialization (Industrialization is the process…
Civil War Assessment
Industrialization
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The north had much more industrialization than the south. The north had more factories and more economy that helped lead a major factor into the war.
The south's major influence of industrialization was farming. The south had lots of farm land that grew cotton, sugar, wheat, and rice. The size of the farms was a lot bigger than the farms in the north. The north didn't nearly have as big farms as the south. The norths main crop that they were able to grow what cotton.
The north also had more new inventions such as the steam boat and trains. The north was able to carry more supplies and goods across there region better than the south. The north had 70% of the railroads in the U.S. at that time.
Eli Whitney made the cotton gin. The cotton gin was a device that took seeds out of the cotton faster than a person. This then made life harder for slaves. Now slaves who picked seeds out of the cotton didn't have a use. Instead those certain slaves were put to work in fields, where they would have to use more manual labor. Also Slave owners would buy more slaves since there was now more work to be done in the huge fields of the plantations.
The north's main economy structure was based off of manufactoring and commerce. This meant that the north was the main supply of clothing and other types of cotton based materials. The north didn't want the south to be using slaves, but they still wanted their factories to continue working. The south couldn't supply the same amount of cotton as the north wanted if they didn't have slaves. So then that lead to the south and the north getting into arguments over slavery.
The Underground Railroad
The underground railroad was a secret way for slaves to escape from the south and get to the north, or Canada.
The underground railroad was made of stations. Stations were safe places to get shelter and other items given by abolitionists. The slaves were guided through stations by conductors. Conductors were people who were trying to help runaway slaves get from station to station.
Some runaway slaves who were free decided to come back to the underground railroad to be conductors. These people were called pilots.
Slaves had to live with the hard task of not getting caught. Slaves had to hide in the woods and other places where there was no station. Slave owners paid high rewards to get their slaves back, but the police were already trying because of the rewards in the Fugitive Slave Act.
An abolitionist who impacted the Underground Railroad was Harriet Tubman. Harriet was a pilot who came back to free dozens of slaves seeking a new life. Another abolitionist was Harriet Beecher Stowe. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book called, Uncle Tom's Cabin. This book showed the very harsh life of being a slave. Through this book it opened the eyes of others who then tried to end slavery.
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The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise has put in place because the North part of the United States wanted free states. The South part of the United States wanted slave states. Free states were states the outlawed slavery and slave states allowed slavery.
The Missouri Compromise was a line that was put on the south boarder. This line stated that any new states north of the line would be free states. Any new states joining below the line would be slave states. The north and the south wanted this put in place so their would be an equal amount of power in the Congress. Neither side wanted less power in congress, because then slavery might be outlawed everywhere or allowed everywhere.
When the westward expansion ended people wanted different things out of their new land. Some people wanted slavery, which was when certain people wanted to own other people and make them work in return for nothing. Some other people thought slavery would be bad, so the people divided themselves and their land into two different sections; free states and slave states.
Fugitive Slave Act
This act was put in place to end an argument over what type of state California would be. The north didn't want to put the Fugitive Slave act in place, but they did anyways after the south agreed to having California be a free state.
Slaves in the south started to run away from their plantations and escape to the north. Slave owners needed an act to get their slaves back. The fugitive slave act passed to do this. It stated that people who tried to help slaves fun away would be punished and people who tried to catch runaway slaves would be rewarded. Also slave owners could could verbally catch both free and runaway African Americans to be their slaves.
Police officers were granted promotions and rewards. People would tried to help runaway slaves be free could have been fined or put in jail.
Soldiers & Armies
Union
The north uniform was a blue jacket with pants that had many pockets. The blue jacket was known to be big and heavy.
Union soldiers were given more options of meat the soldiers in confederate states. The were given salted beef... ADD. They also were given rations of bread. This food was meant to last the soldiers 3 days but it never did.
Union soldiers were granted convenience shops where they were able to buy necessities at any given time. Also soldiers could have received gift packages from family members. In these packages they might have received extra clothing, food, money, and letters.
Union soldiers were given a dog tent and a rubber blanket that could have acted as a shelter or blanket. Most of the of the Union Soldiers had their rubber blankets stolen by the confederates.
Confederate
The confederate soldier uniform was grey and tan. The pants they wore were almost jeans. Since the uniform was so tan and grey they were often called butternuts.
Confederate soldiers were given more food, but less options. The rations they were given were not very appetizing or healthy. The bread they confederate soldiers were given was described as rocks.
The confederate soldiers received a lesser version of a dog tent. Because of being not as fortunate as the Union soldiers they stole and used their rubber blankets.
Both Soldiers
Mainly one in every four soldiers died. A lot of soldiers died on the battle field, but most died before they even got to fight. This happened because of many diseases that harmed most of the soldiers. The main killing disease was diarrhea.
When either army wasn't doing marching drills they spent most of their free time having fun. Having fun included playing games and sports around the camps. The soldiers also spent a lot of their time writing letters to their family members to inform them of their experience. Lots of soldiers had a religious belief so most of them carried a small bible with them to read or pray.
Economy
The north had a free population that was bigger than the souths. This meant that the north had more free people and that the south didn't come close to that in numbers. The south however had a much larger slave population than the north. The south still overall had less population, because at the time the counted slaves as less than a whole person.
Since the north had more industrialization, a larger free population, and less farm land, they were able to have larger cities. The north had 19 major cities while the south had 2. This was a factor of the civil war, because the south thought they were going to lose power in congress.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was an act that repealed the Missouri Compromise. This act said that if a new state were to join the United States, popular sovereignty would be used to decided if the state would be a free or slave state.
Popular sovereignty is a way for the people to vote for the way they think the state should be; a free state or a slave state.
Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address was a speech given by Abraham Lincoln on a battlefield near Gettysburg. This was a speech telling the Union people that the U.S. country was built on a statement os equality.
This was to say that he wanted the Union to win the war, so there could be no more fighting and hurting. He wanted the people to remember to never forget the brave soldiers that gave their lives trying to fight for others freedom.
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John Brown was an abolitionists who attacked a Confederate ferry that was holding lots of weapons. He did this to try and get weapons to the slaves, so they could fight for their freedom.
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Fredrick Douglas
Fredrick Douglas was an African American who wrote a news paper article about anti-slavery. This newspaper went viral and he was selected to be the running Vice President of the Equality party. He soon gave many speeches around the U.S. that opened the eyes of others to think of not having slavery.