Unit 4 separation and reconstruction
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The document compares statistics between the Union and Confederate States during the American Civil War. It shows that the Union had a significantly larger total and free population, more soldiers, more railroad miles, dominated manufactured goods and firearm production, and exported more cotton before the war. However, by 1864, cotton exports from the Confederacy plummeted as the Union blockade took effect. The document also summarizes Lincoln and Johnson's Reconstruction plans, and opposition from Radical Republicans to Johnson's more lenient approach.
Unit 4 separation and reconstruction
- 8. Comparison of Union and CSA Union CSA Total population 22,000,000 (71%) 9,000,000 (29%) Free population 22,000,000 5,500,000 1860 Border state slaves 432,586 NA 1860 Southern slaves NA 3,500,000 Soldiers 2,200,000 (67%) 1,064,000 (33%) Railroad miles 21,788 (71%) 8,838 (29%) Manufactured items 90% 10% Firearm production 97% 3% Bales of cotton in 1860 Negligible 4,500,000 Bales of cotton in 1864 Negligible 300,000 Pre-war U.S. exports 30% 70%
- 16. Lincoln's plan 1. Amnesty to Confederates taking loyalty oath Johnson's plan 2. 2. If 10% of voters took the 1. Confederate leaders oath, statehood would be re- and wealthy established Southerners would have 3. 3. Major goal: to strengthen to ask presidential Republican Party in the South permission to take the loyalty oath 2. 13th Amendment (abolishing slavery) would have to be Opposed by some Republicans who approved by state offered the Wade-Davis Bill 3. Viewed as too soft on 1. Military governors to rule Southern the South by Radical states Republicans 2. Majority of citizens required to take loyalty oath 3. Attitude: South should be treated as conquered territory