Answer the following questions using evidence from Chapter 9 in Zinn's book.
1. What actions did the U.S. government take to support slavery? Do these actions support Zinn's assertion on p. 139 that "Such a government would never accept an end to slavery by rebellion"? Why would the white elite want to determine when and how slavery would end?
2. Lincoln's goal in waging war on the South was to "preserve the Union" by subjugating the South of the northern capital's control. What series of events altered Lincoln's rehtoric to include emancipation as a goal of the war?
DUE 11/26!!!
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1. The government did many things to support slavery. For example there was stern police measure against whites who fraternized with blacks and made the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850. Later on in the Dred Scott Case the Sumpreme Court declared that a slave couldn't sue for his freedom because they were not people, but property. This does support Zinn's statement as the put these law in place as a punishment to stop a possible rebellion. The white elites had many possible reasons to want to control when and how slavery would end. It was very good to the nation's economy and until it had a negative effect there was no need to end it.
2.President Lincoln's goal changed after the following events first was the emancipation petition poured into Congress in the summer of 1861. And because of it when Lincoln issued his preliminary Emancipation was a military move to stop the south from rebelling. Soon after the Emancipation Proclamtion sparred antislavery forces to send 400,000 signatures asking to end slavery. Soon after the Thirteenth Amendement was passed by the Senate to allow black to enter the Union army. As blacks became important in the war Lincoln's focused changed to freeing the slaves.
1.The United States government passed many laws that supported slavery. The Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 dealt with the issue of slavery. Slaves received beatings or other physical punishment for refusing to work,attempting to run away, or just rebelling against their owners. The Fugtive Slave Act was passed so that had escaped could be returned to their master. Yes, this is information supports Zinn's quote.The white elite knew that slavery was wrong. The white elite said that the two races couldn't live together if they were both free.
2. Lincoln's rhetoric changed to unify the United States.His stand on slavery evolved over the years. When the war first started, Lincoln adopted the postion that slave power had to be destroyed. Lincoln became a Republician because his ideas was leading him away from the Whiig party. Lincoln used his power as president to stop slavery. In 1861,the Emancipation Proclamtion was passed. In 1865, slavery was to never exist again in the United States due to the Thirteenth Amendment.
1.U.S government did plenty of things to support slavery as we all know but the goverment also did fraternize blacks and because of the action taken by this the Fugitive Slave Acgt of 1850 took place. Later on down the road the Sumpreme Court decided that a slave did not and could not sue for his or her freedom because slaves were considerd property not ppl. and this happen when during the Dred Scott case. So this help's zinn's in a punishment to stop a might possible rebelion.
2.Lincoln's whole idea changed after the emancipation petition which was poured down the Congress in 1861 and because of this also in 1861 Lincoln's military moved to stop the south rebellion. After that 400,000 signatures were asked to end slavery. After that the 13th Amendement came threw and black were alloud to join and enter the Union Army. As soon as Lincoln saw that how important the black were becoming and how much they were doing to change, his main focus became to free the slaves.
1. The government did a series of things such as, The fugitive Slave act, that "made it easy for slaveowners to recapture ex-slaves," and The Missouri compromise which allowed slavery south of the Missouri compromise Line, and in the case that the Suprememe court of The United States declared that "Dred Scoot could not sue for his freedom because he was not a person, but property." The National Government would never accept "an end to slavery by rebellion because it woud only end slavery under conditions controlled by whites, and only when required by the political and economic needs of business elite of the North," which supports Zinns assertion. The white elite would want to determine when and how slavery would end because, it would affect economy, and because many rebellions were breaking out, which the goverment would have to kill rebelling slaves.
2. President Lincoln thought that slavery was "an injustice and bad policy," but he also thought that "promulgation of abolition doctrines tends to increase rather than abate its evils." Presidents Lincoln's goal changed when "Emancipation Petitions poured into congress in 1861 and 1862," and when the south would not stop rebellin, making Lincoln issue a Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. The Emancipation was issued on January 1, 1863 which "spurred antislavery forces." "In 1864, 400,000 sigantures asking to end slavery had been gathered and sent to Congrees." In April the senate and Representatives adopted the Thirteenth Amendment, that declared an end to slavery.
Could some please tell me where the quote in question number one is found in Zinn's book. Thanks.
1. It was obvious that the US government supported the idea of slavery. They would put in affect Fugitive Slave Act in 1850, that caused all captured slaves to be returned to their owner, and strict police measures against whites who fraternized with blacks. During the Dred Scott Case, the Supreme Court declared that a slave couldn't sue for his freedom because they were nothing more then property. Zinn's statement was correct because the government had created these laws as a punishment to stop a possible rebellion. The white elite wanted to determine when and how slavery would end because it would affect economy.
2. President Lincoln disliked the thought of slavery. His ideas were then supported when many emancipation petitions were received by congress. Another reason was that the south was against many of his ideas of slavery being emancipated. The final Emancipation was given which rallied many antislavery people happy. This led to 400,000 signatures, in 1864, asking to end slavery to be sent to congress. Not soon after the government created the 13th Amendment and declared an end to slavery.
Zinn's quote is on page 187
1. The U.S. Government did take actions, such as the passing of the Fugitive Slave Act and the tightened security and controls in Southern states against slaves and whites who fraternized with slaves, not entirely to support slavery, but rather in efforts to keep peace between the northern abolitionists and southern slaveholders when Mexican War territories and California entered the Union as free states (under the Compromise of 1850). The government at this time was paying more attention in keeping the Union together rather than deciding completely on supporting or banning slavery. These actions do support Zinn's comment because the government knew that rebellion alone could not solve the problem of slavery but would rather increase tensions, conflicts and eventually tear the nation apart. For this same reason, the northern white elites wanted to control and determine when and how slavery would end to meet their political and economic needs of business. Even though slavery at the time raged much attention for the morality of its nature, there was no need for the white elites to immediately put at risk their government, economic, business and political tranquility.
2. Lincoln opposed slavery, but he had "no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with slavery where it already exists." He stayed quiet about the Fugitive Slave Law and remained neutral of slavery in the South before proposing in 1849 as a Congressman. Lincoln kept in mind the only purpose of saving the Union and tried to stay in the middle because even though he hated the institution of slavery itself, he did not necessarily see the blacks as equal and even had the idea of sending the slaves back to Africa after freeing them. Only when seven states seceded from the Union after his election, four more after Fort Sumter, and the Civil War grew very bitter did Lincoln really start to act against slavery. He realized that only by emancipate every slaves of those areas still fighting against Union could the Civil War be stopped, with the nation really united together as a whole and oppositions,inagreements over the issue of slavery be solved. Lincoln could not have stopped slavery constitutinally unless the people wanted it (similar with banning the slave trade in District of Columbia). The Emancipation Proclamation gathered 400,000 signatures asking to end slavery, sent to Congress and led directly to adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment declaring an end to slavery in Senate, followed by House of Representatives.
1. The government supported slavery with the fugitive slave act. The Dred Scott case was also a way the government supported slavery stating that Scott could not sue for slavery because he was not a person, but property. The white elite wanted to determine how and when to end slavery when they could find out what to do with the slaves after freeing them. Lincoln wanted to free them and send them back to africa because he could never see them as equals, some whites just sought to kill them all.
2. 11 Southern states seceding was the main event that Lincoln reacted to. Emancipation was an ultimatum given to the southern states if they wouldn't rejoin the Union. To get the blacks to help fight the war for the Union was also a reason for emancipation, making the war seem like a fight for their freedom.
1. Slavery was supported by the government in many ways. The government placed many acts like the Compromise of 1850 in which it help strenghten the Fugitive Slave Act, the Emancipation Proclamation which was put into effect on January 1, 1863. The Emancipation Proclamation put an end to slavery in the United States. There was also the Dred Scott case in which led to the decision that Congress had no power to prohibit slavery in new states and territories. This does support Zinn's assertion because the government did not want a rebellion to occur so by setting these laws it helped to stop them from future rebellions. The white elites wanted to know when to end slavery and how. They wanted to be in charge of everything to please their economy and political status.
2. Lincoln opposed slavery and did not want to get involve with it. When the different acts were passed like the Fugitive slave act and the compromise of 1850 he decided not to voice in. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. It declared free all slaves residing in Southern states that were part of the Confederacy. Soon the 13th amendment was passed by congress abolishing slavery. He then realized that putting an end to slavery was the right thing to do.
1.)The U.S government did took many actions thats showed their support of slavery. A good example of how the government supported slavery is the Fugitive Slave Act. The Fugitive Slave Act in 1850 "made it easy for slaveowners to recapture ex-slaves or simply to pick up blacks they claimed had run away." By passing this act the government shows its support of slavery. These actions do support Zins assertion on pg.187 that says "Such a national government would never accept an end to slavery by rebellion.". These actions shows that the government would rather settle the problem of slavery themselves rather than by slave rebellion. In the book it state "It would end slavery only under conditions controlled by whites, and only when required by the political and economic needs of the business elite of the North." This shows how he government wants to have controll on slavery and not have the controll rest on slave rebellions. The white elite would want to be able to determine when and how slavery would end to show how they are able to controll and govern the nation. Showing how the government is strong and how it cannot be overruled by slave rebellion.
2.)Lincoln goal changed to were the emancipation was also a goal of the war. it was said that Lincoln was able to "combined perfectly the needs of business,... and the rhetoric of humanitarianism.". the Emanicipation Proclamation declared slaves free in those areas still fighting against the union ans said nothing about slaves behind Union lines. the Emancipation prolamation stirred about 400,000 signatures in a petition to end slavery and it also lead to the creation of the 13th amendment.
1. The U.S. government did support slavery and as stated by Zinn was based on the idealology of "overpowering practicallity". The government though weakingly "supported" the ending of the slave trade, enforced the rules of the fugitive slaves; such as the re-passing of the the Fugitive Slave act in 1850 that allowed slaveowners to recapture slaves that were found or had ran away. While in the court rooms, in 1857 Dredd Scott a former slave, was denied the right to "sue" for his own freedom because according to the interpretation of the Constitution by the Supreme Court, Scott was considered property not a person( known as the Dredd Scott Decisison). Political figures such as Andrew Jackson and his associates, worked hand in hand with the Southern aristocrats to keep " abolitionist literature out of the mails in the southern states." In my understanding, the evidence presented in Zinn's book, does support the statement "such a government would never accept an end to slavery by rebellion." The government wisely placed laws that would assure that slave rebellions would not occur, it also mocked and controlled relegious and cultural beliefs that would that would threaten the governments control over the slaves. The white elite's wanted to determine when and how slavery would end because they felt that they knew when it was "required by the political and economic needs of the business elites of the North". They felt that slavery was a profitable institution to the nations economy, and if the instituion of slavery was abolished, it would highly effect our nations economical standing.Slavery had become one of the most needed institutions to keep the "country going" economically and materialistically.
2. Lincoln was against the institution of slavery. Though he "opposed slavery" he could not see "blacks as equals...free the slaves and send them back to Africa" was what he supported. Lincoln refused to talk about the Fugitive Slave Law in public, and when abololitionists began to critize Lincoln and his ideology, he felt the need to act against slavery. In 1861 when Emancipation pettions began to "pour" into Congress, that summer in the month of July Congress passed the Confiscation Act, which allowed the freeing of the slaves fighting for the Union. After exchange of letters between Lincoln and Greeley, in September of 1862, Lincoln issued the PRELIMINARY Emancipation Proclamation, granting the South four months to stop rebelling, the threatning of the emancipation of their slaves if they kept rebelling, if they would promised to leave the issue of slavery untouched in the Northern States. In January of 1863, the Emancipation Proclomation declared slaves free in the areas still fighting against the Union, and did not propose any ideas to those slaves behind Union lines. This radical piece of legislation arroused anti-slavery movements to end slavery which lead to to the Senate passing the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment which declared an end to slavery, in 1865 the House of Representatives followed there foot steps. With Lincoln's hard work he finally was able to open up the "Union army to the blacks" increased the number of "blacks"in the war for their liberation.
1. The United States government took numerous actions toward slavery. An example is the Fugitive slave act of 1850, that made all captured slaves be returned to his/her owner. As the government passed the fugitive slve act that also meant that the government supported slavery. Yes these actions support his comment because the government wanted to negotiate the situation of slavery instead of slave rbellion. The white elite would effect the nation.
2. Lincoln rhethoric changed because in the year of 1864 there were 400,000 signatures asking to end slavery. In April, the Thirteenth Amendment was adopted which was to end slavery. At the end Lincoln realized that by him ending slvery, he made a good choice.
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The U.S. government supported slavery by enforcing laws such as the "return of fugitives to slavery" (known as the Fugitive Slave Act), keepiing abolitionist literature from the mails in southern states, and declaring that Dred Scott, the slave, "could not sue for his freedom" for he was property and not a person. These acrions by the government do support Zinn's assertion because the only way the government was to end slavery was through the decision of the white elite. The whites wanted to determine when/how slavery would end because they did not want to destruct the political and economic needs of the business.
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Lincoln at first wanted to mix both the intersts of the very rich and the interests of the black. The series of events that altered Lincoln's rhetoric to include emancipation as a goal of the war came from Wendell Philips's critcism of Lincoln at the Tremont Temple in Boston(which led to Emancipation petitions into Congress) and the exchange of letters from Horace Greeley (which led to Lincoln's issueing of the Emancipation proclamation spurring antislavery forces). Later on the thirteenth Amendment was decalred to end slavery while more blacks entered the Union army, preserving it.
1. The United States government acted many times in order to support slavery including passing the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850, the Supreme Court ruling in the Dred Scott case, the hanging of John Brown, half-hearted enforcement of the laws against slave trade but strict enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act, and at one point the banning of all abolitionist literature in southern mail. In addition to all of the things the government did do to support slavery it did not do anything to end it; no actions or even attempts were made by the government to abolish slavery until the Civil War. These actions or lack of actions do support Zinn’s statement. The U.S. government did all of these in order to prevent rebellion; rebellion would mean loss of property, and the government was trying to maintain status quo by preventing rebellion against slavery. The white elite had the most to lose with the ending of slavery. The economy at that time was a rural, farm-based economy where much of the wealth was created by slave hands. Because the white elite had the most to lose, they did not want slavery to end unless under their conditions.
2. Lincoln’s stated view was that saving the Union was more important than ending slavery. He governed as president with a coalition. Part of the coalition was abolitionists, who he had to keep happy. As the war became more costly and Lincoln faced more criticism from abolitionists, he moved towards issuing the Emancipation Proclamation.
1. The US passed the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 in order to capture their own slaves or simply take into captivity any random African person. The Dred Scott case sunk in another opportunity for an African man to sue for his freedom because he was considered property and not a person. The actions from the government in order to end slavery weren't the product of a rebellion, but to benefit the northern elites because by allowing the blacks to be independent, the Civil War was won and Americans realized they would've never made it through without the Africans.
The white elite would want to determine when and how slavery would end because they "were interested in economic expansion... and the slave interests opposed all of that."
2. The events that altered Lincoln's decision that forced him to include emancipation as a goal in the war were the following: the District of Columbia's struggle over its popular sovereignty, the northern elites saw their dreams of economic expansion clash in the future thus it pushed seven southern states to seceed from the union. Later, it became Lincoln's attempt to reposses Fort Sumter which caused four more states to seceed.
1. One action the U.S. used to support slavery was the Fugitive Slave Act because the act made it easy for slaveowners to recapture ex-slaves. Also Dred Scott could not sue for his freedom because he wasn't considered a person, but property. The only way slavery would end is if it was controlled by whites, and required by the political and economic needs of the business elite of the North, which is not rebellion. So Zinn's assertion is supported.
2.President Lincoln didn't support slavery. He would "argue with lucidity and passion against slavery" and believed "that the intsitution of slavery is founded on injustice and bad policy..." He was supported when in the summer of 1864,400,000 signitures were asking legislation to end slavery. Followed by, that April, the Senate adopted the Thirteenth Amendment declaring to end slavery.
1.) Te United States government took many actions to support slavery. One of which was the Fugitive Slave Act, passed in 1850. This Act gave slave owners power to recapture ex-slaves or to simply pick up black's they "said" ran away. Another was the Dred Scott case in 1857. In this case Dred Scott could not sue for his freedom because he was not considered a person, but as property. I think these actions do support Zinn's assertion because the government will not allow slavery to end under the control of blacks because that would mean that the blacks had power. White elite wanted to determine when and how slavery would end based on their economic and political needs, because they wanted to be the only ones in control.
2.) Lincoln "opposed" slavery, but could not see " blacks as equal... free the slaves and send them back to Africa." Eventhough he didn't like slavery, he didn't see slaves as being equally the same as whites. He stayed quiet about the Fugitive Slave Act. In 1861, Emancipation petitions began to "pour" into Congress,ten that summer Congress passed the Confiscation Act, which allowed slaves that fought for the union to be set free. After the exchange of leters between lincoln and Greely in 1862, Licoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. The Thirteenth Amendment was passed in 1865, putting an end to slavery.
1. The US Government supported slavery in many ways and made it very hard for slaves or their supporters to start a rebellion.
The Supreme Courts decisions in the Dred Scott case was propably one of the most drastic. By officially proposing that slaves are no humans, but property the Supreme Court made it impossible for any slave to sue for their rights.
The Missouri Compomise and the Slave Fugitive Act were two of the laws established by Congress that made the live for slaves even harder. Now they were nowhere safe, not even in the north. Even if they could flee succesfully, the new laws mandated that they should be returned to their masters.
This all clearly supports Zinn's comment, because the antebellum US government did everything they could to prevent rebellion.
2. Lincoiln's position towards slavery changed during the years. His goal was in the beginning of his presidency to destroy slavery and emancipate the slaves, but never to give them equal rights or integrate them into the American society. But with the time support for equal rights for African-Americans grew and under the pressure of Congress and also the need of more soldiers, Lincoln slowly changed his opinion. This resulted for example in the 13th and 14th Amendment and the fact that African-Americans were officially allowed in the US Army.
1. Actions that the U.S. government took to support slavery was the Fugitive Slave Act, it enabled slaveowners to re-capture ex-slaves and basically pick up blacks that they seem claimed ran away. Yes, I think these actions support Zinn's assertion that "Such a government would never accept an end to slavery by rebellion" because it was just not possible for government to accept an end to slavery by rebellion back then. Only the whites and if regarding to the political and economic needs that the business elite of the North could end it. The white elite would want to determine when and how slavery would end because all their focus was on economic expansion such as "free land, free labor, a free market, and a Bank of the United States."
2. Some series of events that sparked Lincoln rehtoric to include emancipation as a goal of the war was the exchange of letters between Lincoln and Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune. Greeley stated in his letter to Abraham Lincoln that his new policy on the "slaves of rebels" was painful and that it is not like "the first servant of the Republic" to act this way. You should "execute the laws" as you feel is appropriate for our country. THen he replyed back stating that he will do all he can to "preserve the Union" in any way that he can. He also included in the letter his "personal wish" and "official duty." There marked Lincoln's decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation where it was a military move. The Proclamation made it possible where blacks were open to the Union army; in the summer of 1864, there were 400,000 signatures asking legislation to abolish slavery was gathered and sent to Congress; and that April the Senate adopted the Thirteenth Amendment, to end slavery where in January 1865, the House of Representatives agreed.
1. The United States government took drastic measures to ensure the prosperity of slavery and its ongoing profit for the nation. The government passed the Fugitive Slave act in 1850 which was a "concession to the southern states" allowing the return of slaves who ran away to the north in hopes of freedom. It also gave southern slave owners the chance to take a black person whether they once belonged to them or not. The government, especially congress, fought hard to get back slaves from England that had overrun a ship. These causes and the three causes on the bottom of page 186 and the top of page 187(John Brown's execution, attempts to keep slave writings from other slaves, and the Dred Scott case)support Howard Zinn's assertion. All of these are directly related to some form of rebellion that was stopped by slave owners and supported by the government. The white elite class, mainly the government, was very smart and saw the positive effects it had on the nation in razing profits. They saw that more money would be made from products if they didn’t have to pay the people who made the products.
2. When the civil war began and even when Lincoln took office his goal was not to end slavery. When Lincoln was elected president "seven southern states secede from the Union". The magnitude of this event caused Lincoln to become more aware of how powerful and influential slavery could be. Lincoln wanted the North and South states split by the civil war to come back together but that was not possible with out an end to slavery, as Lincoln came to understand. He needed to win over support from abolitionists so he issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Then 400,000 signatures were obtained for an end to slavery and sent to congress and passed as the thirteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
1.The U.S. government took some actions to support slavery was The Fugitive Slave Act passed in 1850. The Act made it easy for slaveowners to recapture ex-slaves or simply to pick up blacks they claimed had run away. In 1857, the Supreme Court declared that the Dred Scott could not sue for his freedom because he was not a person, but property. These actions do support Zinn's assertion that "Such a government would never accept an end to slavery by rebellion" because it would end slavery only under conditions controlled by whites, and only when required by the political and economic needs of the business elite of the North. The white elite want to determine when and how slavery would end because "what man can make, man can unmake..." They want to be in controlled of slavery because they wanted political and economic needs and expansion-free land, free labor, a free market.
2.Some series of events that altered Lincoln's rhetoric to include emancipation as a goal of the war was the District of Columbia, which did not have the rights of a state but was directly under the jurisdiction of Congress. Lincoln refused to denounce the Fugitive Slave Law publicly, "I confess I hate to see the poor creatures hunted down...but I bite my lips and keep quiet." Emancipation petitions poured into Congress in 1861 and 1862. In July Congress passed a Confiscation Act, which enabled the freeing of slaves of those fighting the Union. In September 1862, Lincoln issued his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation; it was a military move, giving the South 4 months to stop rebelling, threatening to emancipate their slaves if they continued to fight. January 1, 1863, The Emancipation Proclamation was issued that it declared slaves free in those areas still fighting against the Union, and said nothing about slaves behind Union lines. The Emancipation Proclamation spurred antislavery forces and by the summer of 1864, 400,000 signatures asking legislation to end slavery had been gathered and sent to Congress. In April the Senate had adopted the Thirteenth Amendment, declaring an end to slavery. The House of Representatives followed in January 1865.
1. slavery was supported by the united states in documents such as the missouri compromise and the 30 36 line and the passing of the figutive slave act which allowed slave masters to go to the north to get their slaves back.
2.general henry halleck didn't allow fugitive slaves to join his army. lincon issued a preliminary emancipation in 1862 declaring that if states rejoined the union then they would remain a slave state the emancipation was issued in 1863 it said slaves were free in all states still fighting aganist the union allowing the to join the union army. in 1864 gathering 400,000 signatures asking legslation to end slavery. in april the thirteent amendment was passed feeing slaves
1.the government enforced rulings forbiding whites from communicatig with blacks(fear of poor whites attempting to caue an uprising of the slaves).The Fugitive Slave Act forced runaway slaves back to the south. Slavery brought great economic profit, thus giving elite whites further reason to punish those that attemped to rebel such as Nat Turner. The government declared that slaves were property and not free men through the rulings of The Supreme Court and the Dred Scott case. Evidence provided in Zinn's book supports the statement "such a government would never accept an end to slavery by rebellion." The hite elites felt that it was up to them how and when slavery should end, slavery was the most profitable source of income for the nation because of the amount of raw materials the slaves were able to gather.
2.Lincoln's rhetoric ideas changed after 11 southern states wanting to secede. As Lincoln wanted to preserve and save the Union Lincoln felt that Emancipation was but of no other choice, as it ws well known that Lincoln apposed slavery. The Emancipation Proclamation on January of 1863 increase anti-slavery forces and in 1865 The House of Representatives adopted the 13th Amendment.
1. The United States governments support of slavery was based on over powering paractically. An example that the U.S. did support slavery was the fugitive slave act which was passed in 1850 and it made it easy for slaveowners to recapture ex-slaves or simply to pick up blacks they claimed had run away. This does support was Zinn accertion in Page 187 that such a national government would never accept an end to slavery by rebellion. It would end slavery only under conditions controlled by whites, and only when required by the political and economic needs of the business elite of the North.
2. President Lincoln believed "that the institution of slvery is founded on injustice and bad policy but that the promulgation of abolition doctrines tends to invrease rather than abate its evil." The Emancipation petitions poured into Congress in 1861 and 1862. In July Congress passed a Confiscation Act, which enabled the freeing of slaves of those fighting thr Union. An exchange of letters between LLincoln and Horace Greeley, gave Lincoln a chance to express his views, Lincoln wanted to free the slves, end slavery.
1. The U.S. gov't took many actions to help support of slavery. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was a concession to the southern states, "in return for the admission of the Mexican war territories." The act made is more plausible for slave-owners to recapture slaves or just easier for them to pick up blacks that they had claimed run away. The Missouri Compromise is another action taken by the U.S. gov't to support slavery. By making Missouri a slave state, it allowed the settlers in Missouri to have a special status in being able to own slaves, but the former areas of the Louisiana Purchase and the Unorganized Territories were made to focus on regulating slavery, making sure it does not spread further west to those territories. These actions support Zinn's assertion as these laws helped support slavery in one place that the people wanted it (Missouri) and
made it possible in the existing slave territories for it to be run more freely than it used to. The white elite wanted to determine when and how slavery would end because for one, it was a very inexpensive source of labor for all the cotton farmers in the south, and for everyone else who owned slaves, and was no negative effect until there was race put into it that made it seem like the wrong thing to be doing.
2. The series of events that altered Lincoln's rhetoric to include the goal of emancipation to the war were th emany emancipation petitions that rolled into Congress in 1861 and '62. He made emancipation a goal of war when Congress passes the Confiscation Act, which enabled the freeing of slaves of those fighting the Union.
This act was ignored by generals, and so Lincoln in turn ignored the non enforcement of the act. And in the summer of 1863, he Issued his Emancipation Proclamation which made all slaves free in the South.
The United States government did various things to support slavery. The successful Fugitive Slave Act which was passed in 1850. This Act granted slave owners authority to recapture runaway slaves. The also very case of Dred Scott vs. Sanford that was about a black slave giong to court to sue for his freedom. Even though he wasn't able to win the case becasue he was black, he was able to stand up for his rights regardless of his race. I do agree with Zinns statement because it shows how the government wouldn't get any black any type of control and would definitly not allow the ending of slavery. The Whites urge of control, power, and authority was the reason blacks weren't able to break away from the hasrsh conditions of slavery, and to gain their own freedom.
2.Presidents Lincoln changed his goals after the emancipation petition of 1861. This petition was to stop the south from rebellion, and 400,000 signatures were needed in order to end slavery in the south. Lincoln's action was only to support the blacks and he did everything he could to grant them the freedom they needed. After the recruitment of blacks in the union army,lincoln's main focus was to let blacks be free.
1.In order to combat the rising accurance of slave uprising and rebellion,the government issued a number of laws,courts,armed forces,and racial prejudices by national leaders.This supports Zinn's statement because it shows the gonernment trying to put an end to the slave rebellions. Specificly,they drew up the Missouri compromise,Fugitive slave Act and the denial by the supreme court of a slave to sue for his freedom,declaring his property without any rights.The white elites were only interested in the political and economic growth of the nation so they would desire controll of when and how slavery was to end if emancipation of slaves hindered this in any way the would prolong it.
2.When the confiscation act was passed,slaves belonging to those fighting the Union were freed.As more southern slaves became free,they enlisted in the Union army increasing the number of African Americans fighting chinging the face of the Union's army.Another factor affecting Lincoln's gaol in the war was the Emancipation Petitions that poured into congress in 1861 and 1862.
1. The U.S. government took actions by supporting slavery with the Fugitive Slave Act, Compromise of 1850, and the Dred Scott case which stated that Scott could not sue for slavery because he was not a person, but property. Lincoln kept quiet about the Fugitive Slave Act, but knew it was wrong. These events proved that Zinn's assertion was supported. The white elite would want to determine when and how slavery ends to still say they have power. Also to find out what to do with the slaves after freeing them. Lincoln wanted to free them and send them back to Africa because he could never see them as equals.
2. President Lincoln's goal was sto preserve the union. These series of events altered Lincoln's rhetoric of humanitarianism ot include emancipation as a goal of war. The southern states seceding was an event that Lincoln reacted to. Emancipation was given to the southern states if they didn't rejoin the union. Confiscation Act was given to free slaves who fought on the union side. Emancipation Proclamation was created with 400,000 signatures to abolish slavery. Then the 13th amendment was passed.
1.the government did so many things to support slaver by passing on the fugitive slave act in 1850, the Dred scott,the missouri compromise and the compromise of 1850. Yes this does support Zinn's theory.the white elites wanted economic expansion.
2.lincoln wanted to free the slaves so they could have freedom and that is what the emancipationproclamation was for. Blacks slaves were open to the unoin army. The senate and the house of representatives agreed to end slavery.1864,400,00 signatures made its way to congress asking legislation to end slavery and the summer of April, the senate adopted the thirteenth amendment declaring an end to slavery.
1. the US government supported the idea of slavery. They would put in affect Fugitive Slave Act in 1850, that caused all captured slaves to be returned to their owner, and strict police measures against whites who fraternized with blacks. During the Dred Scott Case, the Supreme Court declared that a slave couldn't sue for his freedom because they were nothing more then property. Zinn's statement was correct because the government had created these laws as a punish to stop a possible rebellion. The white elite wanted to determine when and how slavery would end because it would affect the economy.
2. President Lincoln didnt like the thought of slavery. His ideas were then supported when many emancipation petitions was received by congress. Another reason was that the south was against many of his ideas of slavery being emancipated. The final Emancipation was given which rallied many antislavery people happy. This led to 400,000 signatures, in 1864, asking to end slavery to be sent to congress. Not soon after the government created the 13th Amendment and declared an end to slavery.
1.) The government did many things to support slavery. For example The U.S. Government did take actions, such as the passing of the Fugitive Slave Act and keeping abolitionist literature from the mails in southern states, and declaring that Dred Scott, the slave, "could not sue for his freedom" for he was property and not a person. These actions support Zinn's comment because the government knew that rebellion could not be the only thing to solve the problem of slavery but would add conflicts and tear the nation apart. So that is how Zinn assertion is supported.
2.) Lincoln's rhetoric changed to unify the United States. President Lincoln thought that slavery was "an injustice and bad policy," but he also thought that the broadcast of abolition doctrines tends to increase rather than decline its evils. He changed goals when Emancipation Petitions poured into congress in 1861 and 1862, and the exchange of letters from Horace Greeley which led to Lincoln's issuing of the Emancipation proclamation spurring antislavery forces. Then in April the thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery.
1. The U.S. government did many acts to support slavery. The created the Fugitive slave act of 1850 which "made it easy for slave owners to recapture ex-slaves," and prevented whites from fraternizing with slaves. Another example was the Dredd Scott case, in which they ruled that blacks were to be treated as property and not people. THe white elite wanted to determined when slavery ended because it was a inexpensive source of labor and it did not pose a issue untill slavery was involved.
2. President Lincoln was opposed to slavery but was not fully into ending it. In the beginning he was against but favored ending the war more then slavery in his term of Presidency. Later on he came under criticism which led him to create the emancipation proclamation with 400,000 signatures and send it to congress. This led to the thirteenth amendment being passed abolishing slavery.
1. The United States government maintained its worldwide reputation as a proponent of slavery by passing certain measures such as the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 (which dissuaded the hopes of runaway slaves by allowing their masters to hunt them down in the North), and by rulings in the Supreme Court, such as the Dred Scott Decision, that slaves were simply property that could be bought or sold. It is then doubtful that slavery could have ended by rebellion (an assertion by Howard Zinn in A People’s History of the United States), because of the strict measures the government placed in defense of the practice, and the vitality of the slavery industry to wealthy white plantation owners, who would do everything in their power to keep the slave business alive.
2. As the Civil War raged on, Lincoln understood that the only way he could achieve Union victory would be by numbers, frankly, the amount of manpower he could barrage at the enemy, and not just through the idealism of preserving the Union through the terrors of the Confederacy. In this way, freeing the slaves through emancipation would be crucial to Northern success, because of the support it offered to the ever persistent abolitionists who would support the crusade against the "peculiar institution", and the amount of newly available manpower that the free slaves could provide. With this newfound optimism towards a possible solution, the Confiscation Acts were passed, allowing slaves who fought for the Union to earn freedom; and eventually the Emancipation Proclamation and Thirteenth Amendments were issued, which provided for the permanent freedom of slaves.
1. Some actions the U.S. government took to support slavery was the fugitive slave act, the stern police measures amd tje the Dred Scott case that declared a slave coulndn't sue for freedom because they were property and not people. This did support Zinn's assertion because they used the law as a way to stop all possible rebellion. The white elite wanted to determine when and how slavery would end because they felt that there was no reason to end it.
2. Lincoln's goals changed because of the emancipation petition and the fact that he also disliked slavery so after all the crack downs on slavery he issued the Emancimpation Proclamation.
1. The U.S. government supported slavery and it was shown by the actions taken. Slaves were not considered people, but property. They were beaten when they would try their luck for freedom. They did not matter to the whites until it came to money and getting what they needed. Yes this does support Zinn's statement because every time there was rebellion, the government was so quick to put an end to it. The white elit depended on slavery, it was something that made a big impact of their economy and they felt that they couldn't live without it.
2. President Lincoln felt that slavery was unecessary and just down right wrong. He wanted to put an end to it, but the South was not going to let him go through with it that easy. The Emancipation then led to a petition of 400,000 signatures to end slavery. The 13th admendment was then passed.
1)Some of the U.S. goverments actions towards slavery were the Fugitive Slace Act and The Compromise of 1850. These are two things that let to slavery in the United States. Zinn's quote does relate to these actions because they let to slavery in the U.S.,all the thinsg they did didnt end slavery in that period of time. The white elite would want to know when and how the slavery would end because it affected the economy.
2) Lincoln's rhetoric the inculde the emancipation as a goal of the war. The congress recieved all the emancipatiion petitions. They recived over 400,000 signatures asking for legislation to end slavery in the U.S. Later ont the 13th amendment came along. With the 13th amendment it abolished slavery in the United States.
1. THere were many actions that the U.S.government took to support slavery.Some of these actions were the Compromise of 1850, The Missouri compromise,slave Fugitive Act,and the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision.These action supported slavery because each action let slavery continue and even made slaves themselves seem as though they werent even considered human but property which was true in the Slave Fugitive Act and The Dred Scott case.These actions do support Zinns assertions because the government would never allow a rebellion and that is why so many actions were being passed so it would send a message and make a rebellion less possible.The white elite would want to determine when and how slavery would end due to the fact they had much invested in slavery. The economy was a major reason and also the fact that they believed in free labor,free land,a free market,a high protective tariff, and a bank of the United States.
2. The series of events that caused Lincoln to set his goal to slavery was, one the clashing between the North and South over them not caring enough to make sacrifices for slavery.Also the fact that Lincoln was being pressured due to the fact that rebellion might soon break out and and when seven states seceded from the union due to the slavery issues.
1. There were many ways in which the government supported slavery in the south. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, said that if any southern plantation owner or anyone in the south for that matter was able to say that the slave had run away and was able to keep it. The Dred Scott decision also helped support, because if any northern person caught a slave that was branded or had some kind of mark to show that they belong to someone, the people in the north were supposed to send them back to their owner.
2.There were a few items that had made Abraham Lincoln's rhetoric change about slavery. Lincoln had just at first thought that slavery was not right and it shouldn't be done in the U.S. In the summer of 1864 there was a petition sent to the legislation, with 400,000 signatures, and asked them to stop slavery completely. The Senate, that April, then adopted the 13th ammendment, saying that there is a complete end to slavery.
1. The government supported the slavery by making the fugitive slave act. which made slaves not people, but property to there owners. Thats why slaves could not sue.This all started with the Dred Scott case.
2. Lincoln did not like the idea of slavery. Lincoln made a big change in slavery. After the 400,000 signatures, slavery was changed.
1. The U.S government did many things to support slavery. For example the Fugitive Slave Law. The Fugitive Slave Law rewarded people who caught slaves and returned them to their masters and it punished those who tried to help the slaves escape. Also the result of the Dred Scott case, where the supreme court declared slaves as property and not citizens so i think that zinn's comment supports this becuase the gov. tried to stop a possible rebellion by bring the slaves more down.
2.Abraham Lincoln was not in favor of slavery. to the souths dislike the Emancipation Proclamotion was greatly favored by 400,000 signatures and then after the 13th amendment was created and declared an end to slavery.
1. Some of the actions the U.S. government took to support slavery are that the supreme court declared slaves as property, the Fugitives Slave Act of 1850, and by declaring the Missouri Compromise unconstituitional. The white elite would want to determine when and how slavery ended because it made their lives easier. The slaves worked the field and some slaves even served them. It helped the economy to grow so they didn't see any need to end something that was helping the nation.
2. Petitions going into Congress, The preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, a military move, threatened to emancipate their slaves if they didn't stop rebelling, and the slaves joining the Union in the war altered Lincoln's rehtoric. These things changed what the war was over, at first it was just to prevent the south from rebelling and later became to emancipate the slaves.
1. United States government supported slavery simply for economy reasons.In 1790 a thousand tons of cotton were being produced, in 1860 the product increased to a million tons as did the slaves from 500,000 to 4 million in this time period. Keeping slaves was crucial to the countrys economy and was expressed when the Fugitive Slave act was passed in 1850. The act gave slave owners the duty to recapture runaway slaves or any blacks that was claimed by a slaveowner. Giving the Fugitive no right to a trial. This was a downfall for all slaves planning to escape to the north. It was the Supreme Court who daclared that Dred Scott could not sue for his freedom because "he ws not a person but property".
Zinn's assertion was correct, this kind of government could not accept an end to slavery by a rebellion because the consquences would effect the economy and the blacks would be in control. The whites had to be in control of even the end of slavery so the consquences would be organized by those who made the war.
2.Lincoln didnt like the idea of the Fugitive Slave Act or slavery itself. He didnt publicly express his opposition towards The Fugitive Slave act though..."I confess I hate to see the poor creatures hunted down... but I bite my lips and keep quiet". It seems his outlooks on slavery were a bit ironic because though he didnt believe in the balcks being slaves he basically couldn't see them as humans/equal. This point is targeted in the quote above, he refers to black people as creatures and not human beings. In the desperation to win election Lincoln told his viewers what they wanted to hear. After being elected eleven southern states withdrew from the union. As the war became more bitter Lincoln proposed the emancipation proclamation giving the south four months to stop rebelling, if not their slaves would be emancipated. Also promising to leave slaves untouched in any states that came over to the North.
1}. The government supported slavery with the fugitive slave act. The Missouri Compromise was one action that the U.S. Government took to support slavery. By making Missouri a slave state, it allowed the settlers in Missouri to have a special status in being able to own slaves. The Dred Scott case was also a way the government supported slavery stating that, “ Scott could not sue for slavery because he was not a person, but property.” The white elite wanted to determine how and when to end slavery when they could find out what to do with the slaves after freeing them. As to Zinn's statement, the U.S. Government wanted to create laws that would stand as a punishment to all those that were on the edge of rebelling.
2}. Lincoln was against slavery and everything that was in comparison with it. He wanted the North and South states split by the civil war to come back together but that was not possible with out an end to slavery. Lincoln faced more criticism from abolitionists, he moved towards issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared slaves living in Southern States free.
1. The government supported slavery through the Fugitive Act, the Missouri compromise and there is even evidence in the Dred Scott case. These three factors all set slaves under the standard of property. That’s all they were looked at as. With this being said, Zinn's assertions were supported thoroughly. The white elite wanted to be in control of when and how slavery ended because they saw it as a benefit to them and felt as though it shouldn't be ended until it was no longer that.
2. Lincoln felt slavery was wrong and wanted to put an end to it. The series of events that added emancipation as a goal of the war was the threat of rebellion amongst slaves, and the constant disagreements between the Union and Confederacy. This caused Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. After this petition received its 400,000 signatures, the 13th amendment was then passed and slavery was abolished.
1.The government did many things which supported slavery and opposed it at the same time. Like the missouri compromise, the fugitive act, and compromise of 1850.They proposed all these things to keep peace between the north and the south. These were also made to keep the slaves from rebelling and keeping them under control. This supports Zinn's theory of putting these laws down as a way to regulate any chance of rebellion until they had a better way of doing things.
2. President Lincoln started supporting emancipation as he saw the petition go in to congress in 1861. The emancipation proclomation started antislavery forces to aqcuire 400,00 signatures that supported the ending of slavery. When Lincoln saw that the blacks were doing a great job in the union army he made it his main objective to free the slaves.
1. The government had many characteristics in which it seemed it was for and opposed to slavery at the same point. One example includes the Dred Scott case in which he was not granted the right to sue his supposed slave master as he wasn't seen as a person but property since he was a slave. These situation helps define Zinn's theory as enforcing the law as a way to constantly instigate the chances of rebellion until the had a better suited way of supporting there actions.
2. President Lincoln was convinced to support emancipation when he found the petiton sent to congress by 1861, the Emancipation Proclamation itself required 400,000 signatures that supported the abolishment of slavery. As Lincoln observed how well the blacks fought for the union side of the civil war he made it his main goal to end slavery all together.
1) The U.S. government took actions by supporting slavery with the Fugitive Slave Act, Compromise of 1850. And also the Dred Scott case which stated that Scott could not sue for slavery because he was not a person, but property. The Missouri Compromise is another action taken by the U.S. government to support slavery. By making Missouri a slave state, it allowed the settlers in Missouri to have a special status in being able to own slaves.Evidence provided in Zinn's book supports the statement, "Such a government would never accept an end to slavery by rebellion." Only the whites and if regarding to the political and economic needs that the business elite of the North could end it.The Whites urge of control, power, and authority was the reason blacks weren't able to break away from the hasrsh conditions of slavery. The white elites wanted economic expansion.
2) President Lincoln did not like slavery at all. " Presidents Lincoln's goal changed when "Emancipation Petitions poured into congress in 1861 and 1862." When the South wouldn’t stop rebellion it made Lincoln issue a Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. The final Emancipation was given which made many anti-slavery people happy. This led to 400,000 signatures, in 1864, asking to end slavery to be sent to congress. African Americans fighting changed the face of the Union's army. Than the 13th amendment passed and that was the end of slavery.
1. The U.S government support slavery in many ways. one example is the Supreme Court ruling in the Dred Scott case. The supreme court decided that a slave could not sue for there freedom because they were considered property not people. Another example is the Fugitive Slave act which alowed for escaped slaves to be retrived to there owners.Yes this information supports the Zinn's statement because the whit elite would want tocont roll the way slavery was
ran.
2.The series of events that altered Lincoln's rhetoric to include emancipation as goal of war were the many emancipation petitions.
He made it a goal of war when Congress passes the Confiscation Act. It allowed the freeing of slaves of those fighting the Union. They had received 400,000 signatures asking for legislature to end slavery. From that the 13th amendment was made which abolished slavery.
1. In order to maintain slavery, the South inforced "stern police measures", gave the slaves one hour every Sabbath to moral and religion, and the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850. This supports Zinn's assertion because none of these things enforced by the South were rebellious; they may have been done to prevent things from happening but they were not rebellious. The white elite would want control over when adn how slavery ended to make sure it was non-violent and did not harm their income.
2. Although seven southern states seceded from teh Union when Lincoln was elected, it was the loss of four more states that started the events that lead up to emancipation. Another reason Lincoln changed his intents was because no one enforced the Confiscation Act, including him, and it was making him lose more and more people from the Union so he decided that the most imortatn thing was retaining the Union, even if it meant emanicipating the slaves.
1. The U.S. government kept the institution of slavery alive by enforcing strict laws against slaves and their attempts for freedom. The Fugitive Slave Act made it nearly impossible for slaves to runaway for freedom in the North. The quote from J.W. Loguen(page 81) gives evidence of the persecution of freed slaves and the attempt to return them to slavery. The support of slavery was also present in the Dred Scott trial where slaves were eventually considered property, and not people. The government's weak enforcement of laws against the continuity of the slave trade, was another way of supporting slavery. These actions do support Zinn's assertion because it shows the full involvement of the U.S. in making sure that the slaves wouldn't rebel and/or end slaver, as long as it was beneficial to the nation. The white elite would want the end of slavery to only occur at the advantage of gaining political and economical success to their respective party and/or businesses.
2. Lincoln's rhetoric, which was based on keeping the nation content as a whole, began to include slavery only after the negative results of the on-going Civil War. Lincoln began to see the war grow more bitter, the casualties mounting, the desperation to win heightened, and the criticism of the abolitionists threatening to unravel the tattered coalition behind Lincoln. The Secession of the 11 states also altered Lincoln's rhetoric by threatening the 11 states to emancipate all slaves if they didn't return to the Union.
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