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bad harvests The Decisiveness of Diplomacy 1 O O O ➤ Foreign Flare-ups O Trent affair in 1861 O Lincoln released prisoners Unneutral building of Confederate ships in Britain Alabama O Britain repented its role in the Alabama business Irish-Americans invaded Canada in 1866 and 1870 ■ ■ Union warship forcibly captured two Confederate diplomats on a British ship British prepared for war Emperor Napoleon III of France sent troops to invade Mexico City in 1863 ■ Enthroned Austrian archduke Maximilian as emperor of Mexico ● President Davis Versus President Lincoln O Confederate government was weak ■ ■ British established the Dominion of Canada in 1867 to bolster Canadians against United States President Davis of the Confederacy defied public opinion O Lincoln led public opinion Limitations on Wartime Liberties O Lincoln took matters into his own hands without Congress Proclaimed a blockade Increased Federal army size Suspended the privilege of being brought before a court (writ of habeas corpus) ■ Supervised voting ■ Violated Monroe Doctrine Left Mexico in 1867 after Civil War stopped and the U.S. had eyes on Mexico Central government supporters vs. states' rights supporters ■ Suspension of media Volunteers and Draftees: North and South Congress passed a federal conscription law in 1863 Unfair to the poor $300 exemption could be purchased Riots against the draft ● New York draft riots Confederate regime resorted to conscription in April 1862 ■ Unjust The Economic Stresses of War O North increased excise taxes and created an income tax O Congress passed protectionist Morill Tariff Act in 1861 O Washington Treasury issued greenback paper money Value fluctuated O Treasury sold $2 billion worth of bonds O National Banking System authorized by Congress in 1863 2 O O ■ O The North's Economic Boom Confederate revenue was drying up O North was prosperous than ever before National Banking Act was the first significant step toward a unified banking network since 1836 O Blue-backed paper money was inflated ■ ■ New factories grew New millionaire class New machinery ■ Standard measured clothing Pioneers continued adventuring west ■ Homestead Act of 1862 New opportunities for women ■ Industrial employment Military ■ U.S. Sanitary Commission organized by Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell A Crushed Cotton Kingdom Trained nurses, collected medical supplies, and equipped hospitals to support Union army O Southern income dipped O Transportation collapsed Cotton capitalism lost to industrial capitalism 3