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Why the South Lost & The Aftermath

Reason 1: South’s Rights Theory Failed

Reason 2: The Failure of Southern Nationalism

People as a whole fought for their states, not the CSA

People in the North fought for the USA, not their states

Reason 3: Immorality of SlaveryThe Southerners had no

moral ground to stand on, so no one rallied to the cause

The North had the moral high ground of freedom, so those in the north rallied to their cause

Reason 4: Nationalism over States’ Rights

Reason 5: Industry Over AgricultureThe idea of using agriculture as a bargaining tool failed

The West opened up

Reason 6: Failure of the Ideas of Secession and NullificationThe theory that states didn’t

have to follow rules it didn’t like, didn’t hold up the CSA, which led to its defeat

The End Results

The End ResultsApril 9, 1865-Lee

Surrenders in Appomattox Court

House, VA

The End of Slavery

When the South lost, it became American Territory again, which meant that the Emancipation Proclamation took effect in the South

The North passed 3 Amendments to outlaw slavery

The 3 slavery Amendments to the US Constitution

Amendment 13December 18. 1865Neither slavery, nor

involuntary servitude…shall exist within the US or any place subject to its jurisdiction

Amendment 14July 28, 1868ALL persons born in the US

are citizens of the US.No state can “take away” the

basic rights of those citizens

Amendment 15March 30, 1870The rights of citizens of the

US to vote shall not be denied on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude

Repudiation of the Confederate Debt

The Devastation of the SouthDestructionFood ShortagesUncertain status of African-

AmericansReturn of Former

Confederates to Power

Destruction620,000 lives lostIn the South, railroads destroyed,

ports abandoned, towns emptyIn the Border states of Kentucky

and Missouri, anarchy$4 billion lost in freed slaves

DestructionMany people leave to Canada

or Mexico rather than live under “Yankee” rule

Hatred among the South for anything northern, especially people and military

Destruction

“Fear God, love the South, and live to avenge her”

Destruction

Confiscation Acts of 1862 and 1864

“Forty acres and a mule”

Food Shortages

Southern farms were destroyed

Cotton, rice, sugar industry in the South are wiped out

Uncertain Status of Newly Freed African-Americans

“Top rail is bottom rail now”“We own this land now. Put it out of your head that it will ever be yours again.”

Uncertain Status of Newly Freed African-AmericansPassage of the Black codes

Uncertain Status of Newly Freed African-AmericansFreedmen’s Bureau – 1865The Black codes - 1865

Freedmen’s BureauFor former slaves, it:

–Negotiated labor contracts–Provided Medical Care–Set up new schools

The Black CodesIn the SouthBlacks could not own farm land

in Mississippi or town lots in SCHad to buy licenses to practice

certain trades

The Black CodesBlacks could not carry firearms

without a permitThey had to enter into labor contractsVagrants were forced to work for

virtually free

Return of Former Confederates to Power

In the beginning, the 1st legislatures in the South after the war were the same people that were in the Southern Government during the war

That changed after the US Congress met in December 1865