Civil War Dbq

The Confederate States attempted to legislate against slave insurrection, which led into the Civil War. The Civil War was between the Confederate States and the Union States. During the Civil War, there were many fears because of the insurrection, affects toward the industries, affects toward food production and distribution, and there were many demands that needed to be met, such as men being drafted, and food being produced. The Emancipation Proclamation of 1862 granted freedom to the slaves in the Confederate States if the States did not return to the Union. Freedom would also only come to the slaves if the Union won the war. The text explicitly says that “the fear of slave revolt acted as a cancer within the body of the Southern Republic.” (280) Meaning, that the revolt will lessen Confederate morale, leading to the depletion of the South’s will to fight. The South was well aware that the slaves wanted to be freed, for a while. (280) The Confederates, also known as the South,

There were high demands for manpower in the South. There was a problem that led to the first national conscription law. Most Confederate soldiers had one-year terms, however, those terms would expire in May, and the war was getting worse in April. They knew they needed more men, or longer contracts, which led them to make a conscription law. (284) This meant that all able-bodied white man, between 17 and 35, would serve in the Confederate Army. The only problem was that the universal conscription law was not appealing to the poorer soldiers, it favored the wealthy more. (284) The wealthy families were able to escape the harsh effects of wartime scarcity for a while. The poorer families, who were affected almost immediately, were unable. The plantations were doing horrible too and were failing to produce food. (291) Non-slave holders were against the universal conscription act, it did not help poor