History 103 *** AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1877 *** Dec. 6, 1996
CIVIL WAR AND SLAVE EMANCIPATION
I. Outbreak of Civil War
- Lower South states secede (Dec. 20, 1860-Feb. 1, 1861)
- Confederate States of America founded (Feb. 1861)
- Compromise efforts
- Lincoln's inauguration (Mar. 4, 1861)
- Decision to supply Fort Sumter
- Firing on Fort Sumter (Apr. 12, 1861)
- Upper South states secede (Apr. 17-May 20, 1861)
II. The Making of a Long War
- War fever and initial expectations
- Northern advantages
- Southern advantages
III. Transformation of Northern War Aims
- Original northern aims
- Growing abolitionist influence
- Congressional actions against slavery
- Lincoln's evolving position
- Border states' resistance to gradual emancipation
IV. Emancipation Proclamation
- Lincoln's decision to proclaim emancipation (July 1862)
- Reasons for decision
- Delay of public announcement
- Battle of Antietam (Sept. 17, 1862)
- Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation (Sept. 22, 1862)
- Final Emancipation Proclamation (Jan. 1, 1863)