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Civil War PoliticsandConfederate SurrenderNorthern PoliticsNorthern Democrats dividedWar Democrats support war, oppose ending slaveryPeace Democrats want to negotiate, not fighta.k.a. Copperheads

ConscriptionBegan in summer 1862All Democrats opposed conscriptionConscription = forcing people into military service (DRAFT)

To enforce draft, Lincoln suspended habeas corpusHabeas Corpus = persons right not to be imprisoned unless charged with a crime & given a trial

MarylandLincoln needed a route between Washington D.C. and the rest of the UnionWorried Maryland may secede & prevent this

April 19 20,000 Confederate sympathizers in Maryland riot against Union troops

April 27 Lincoln suspends habeus corpusEmancipation ProclamationMost Republicans were abolitionists, but feared losing border statesSept. 22, 1862 after Union victory at Antietam

Decree to free all enslaved persons in states still in rebellion after Jan. 1, 1863

Civil War = War of LiberationGettysburg AddressBattle was a turning pointStrengthened Republican partyEnsured Britain would not recognize Confederacy

November 1863, Lincoln dedicated part of the battlefield as a military cemeteryGettysburg Address

Election of 1864Democrats nominate Gen. George McClellanPromised to stop war and negotiate with CSA

Republicans gained support after Union capture of AtlantaLincoln won 55% popular vote

Lincolns MandateInterpreted reelection as a mandate, or clear sign from voters, to permanently end slavery

January 31, 1865 Thirteenth AmendmentBanned slavery in the United States

SurrenderApril 1, 1865 last rail line into Petersburg cutLee tried to escape GrantBlocked at Appomattox Courthouse

Surrendered on April 9, 1865Grant promised not to prosecute for treason

Abraham Lincoln - The GettysbuJeff Daniels, track 1Speech148460.55