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☆☆☆☆☆The Constitution provided no guidance on secession or readmission of states.
The Emancipation Proclamation did not apply to the group of slaves that were owned in Union states. While it is celebrated for ending slavery, it actually did not free all slaves.
The South.
By the draft, mainly, and new immigrants from Germany and Ireland were paid to enlist.
Distracting the attention of the garrison commander by ordering a cavalry raid right down through the state of Mississippi, while Grant managed to get his men across to the East bank of the river, unnoticed.
The people in steerage were at the bottom of the ship and below water level. There were no windows, no rooms, and very little of anything else. The ships in the 1900's divided decks according to classes of people. The decks were separated with locked gates and the upper deck people who paid the most for passage never met or saw the people on the other decks. The immigrants below were locked in so they couldn't have access to the upper decks. They were considered the poorest dirtiest people on the ship so we're sold the worse accommodations.
Before the Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863, slaves in the South could only hope that advancing Union armies would not make themselves victims of collateral damage. After January 1, 1863, Southern slaves could look forward to being freed by advancing Union armies.The Proclamation had no effect on Union slave holding states.
With that said, many freed slaves wanted to enlist in the Union army.
They were missing official recognition by the British and French, which might have happened, until Lincoln skillfully deflected it by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation.
The Confederacy was missing a number of important things and even so, it still had a chance.
- The South was missing more of an industrial base than it had;
- An alliance with Great Britain would have let the South go "free". Depending of course on the degree of commitment.
- A larger civilian population with which to bring into the army.
People believed that the Chinese had taken their jobs
The primary reason for American interest in overseas territories is world domination
It gave African American men the right to vote, but ignored the rights of women.
